How It All Began

"So you excited or nervous?" Lily asks me excitedly.
"Neither. I'm tired and mad" I tell her. Ugh! I don't want to get up this early and I don't want summer to end.
" oh don't be such a downer." Lily tells me. I roll my eyes. I hate it that she is such a morning person. You see, Lily and I are starting a new school this morning and it's a private school. My dad wanted me to go to it because he says 'it will help me prepare for my future.' whatever that means. The problem with going to a private school is that it starts really early in the morning and starts like 2 weeks before public school do. I know it sucks. We're currently standing outside with everyone else waiting for morning assembly to start. I groan again.
"I'm sooo freakin' tired" I say. I mean come on! Do we really have to start this early?
"Oh stop being a baby and go to bed earlier tonight" Lily tells me while rolling her eyes. Hmph! Meanie!!
"Attention everyone. Quiet down so we can start please" shouts a lady at the front. Everyone quickly quiets down.

"Thank you and good morning to all you students out here. I'm glad to have another school year with you at North West high school......" the principal starts to say, I pretty much zone out after that. She is BORING!! While she is talking, I look around at all the students. There are a lot, but not as many as my old public high school. I'm mostly looking at guys, obviously. I'll admit that there are some cute ones here, but I bet they are taken. That's what always happens. While I'm looking around I see one guy that catches my eye. He is gorgeous!! Tan skin, black hair, green eyes, and looks like he works out; which is an added bonus. I couldn't help but stare. I mean wouldn't you? He is total eye candy. Hmmm, I wonder what grade he's in. Pshh, he's probably taken. I guess I'll have to do some investing.
"Enjoy your school year this year and make it worth your while" the principle says. Thank god, she is finished!! Everyone starts to walk inside so they can get their schedules and see their classes. Isn't stupid that all we're doing today is getting our schedules, student I.D.'s, and our planners? What's the point of even coming at all? Ugh!
"Come on let's go get our schedules" Lily says practically dragging me inside and to the tables. As we're getting our things, one of the teachers stops us.
"Oh you’re two of the new students. You need to get your student guide information." she tells us.
"What’s that?" Lily asks her. Yes, please elaborate on that please.
"you each get an older student to show you around the school today and the first week of school to get you used to it" she tells us and hands us each a paper with a name on it.
"Oh. Okay, cool" Lily says and walks to a group of girls.
"hey, are you sophomores?" one of the girls asks us.
"Yea, we are. You guys to?" Lily asks them. They nod their heads and then start to chat with Lily as if they all were long lost sisters or something. I yawn.
"So who do you have for your student guide?" a girl named Monique asks us.
"A girl named Bridgette Harris" Lily says looking at her paper.
"Oohh, you got a mean girl. She's nice but is very serious about school. So don't play around" a girl named Sarah says. Ha-ha! Lily always gets the mean girls. One time in first 6th grade, she got a girl named Annie who made her cry; Lily still has night mares about it.
"What about you?" Monique asks me. I shrug and look down at my paper.
"Eric Dawson?" I say. I bet he is a total nerd. All the girls around us suddenly gasp and fall silent and stare at me with wide eyes. I look at Lily to see if she sees this too. She does.
"What? Is he bad or something?" I ask. If he is a terrible mean person, warn me now.
"You. Got. Eric. Dawson. Star basketball player. Hottest guy at this school. And all around good guy. You. Are. Soooo. Lucky!!!" Sarah tells me. Really? Hmmm, I don't know because that guy I saw during morning assembly was pretty smokin' so whoever this guy is must be spectacular.
"Awwww, why do you always get the good people?" Lily complains to me. I smirk.
"I don't know. I'm just special" I tell her. She rolls her eyes.
"You must be to have gotten Eric." Monique says. I was about to say something but was interrupted by that boring principle
" okay students, time to walk around and see your classes. New students find your guides" she says. Everybody starts to walk around to find their classes.
"Soooo, how are we supposed to find out guides?" Lily asks me. I shrug.

"I don't know. I guess you look for someone mean and I'll look for someone hot" I say to her with a smirk. She gives me a glare.
"Hardy har har" she says sarcastically. I laugh.
"Is one of you Lily Holmes" a voice says behind us. We turn around to see this tall skinny girl with braces on. She is smiling at us. Hmmmm, she doesn't look very mean to me.
"That would be me" Lily says walking forward.
"Hi. Welcome to North West. Glad to have you here. Have your schedule?" she asks Lily. Lily waves it in the air.
"cool let's go" Bridgette says and starts to walk away.
"Pshhh, she is nice. Sucker!" she tells me with a smirk. I glare and was about to respond when
"LILY!! Let's go. We are on a tight schedule. You had all summer to chit chat and now is not the time" Bridgette hollers to Lily. Lily
instantly drops her smirk and gulps nervously. I smirk at her now.
"You were saying?" I ask her. She has wide scared eyes as Bridgette drags her away. I laugh. Who's the sucker now? I'm still smiling to myself when I hear a voice behind me.
"So I see, you have met Bridgette"

I gasp and put my hand to my chest.
I turn around quickly and say
"what are you trying to do? Give me a heart attack!!" But once I see who it is, my mouth drops. It's him!!!
"Oh sorry. I didn't mean to scare you" He says quickly. I can't believe it. The guy that I saw this morning at assembly is standing right in front of me. I must be special to get such a hot guy. Or just lucky. No, I'm special. Heehee.
"Wait, who are you?" I ask him after I recover from my shock.
"I'm Eric, your student guide" he says with a smile. Ohhh, so this is the guy Monique and Sarah were talking about.
"Well how do you know I’m yours?" I ask him with a serious expression on my face. I don't want to have something this good and not end up having it. Eric smiles at me even more.
"We’re practically the only ones left in here" he says. I look around and realize he's right. Hmph!
"lucky guess" I tell him dumbly.
"Oh you’re going to a troublesome one, I can tell. Come on let's go" he says laughing. I glare at him and he laughs even more.
"What’s so funny?" I ask him and walk beside him as we go look around the school.
"Nothing. You’re just cute" he says giving me a smile. I love his smiles, but I'm not going to let him know that.
"Hmph!" I say coldly.
"What? You don't think you’re cute?" he asks me with a grin.
"NO! In mean yes but...grrr yes I think I'm cute" I tell him agitatedly. What's happening to me? Why am I losing my awesome coolness?
"Hmmm, well I think your cute too." he says and gives me a wink. I blush and smile. What!! Hold up. Did I just blush? What is he doing to me?

The first couple of school days actually haven't been that bad. I've made a lot of new friends and the school work isn't that hard; surprisingly. Plus Eric and I have gotten to know each other really well over the last few days as well. He is totally awesome and nice. We txt each other all the time and don't get any ideas. We're just friends, nothing more. Although it would be pretty cool to date him; except I'm way out of his league. I mean he is a senior and I'm a sophomore for goodness sakes. He wouldn't go for someone like me. Anyway, to more interesting stuff. I'm coming up with a plan. It's going to rock. You see, one of the problems with this school is that it's all work and no play. Sooooo, I'm going to fix that. I'll give you more details later as soon as I work out the finishing touches with Lily.
"So did you think the geometry quiz was hard?" Lily asks me while we're eating lunch.
"Nah, not really. I studied with someone and they really helped me to understand it" I say. And that is a first. Usually I struggle with math..... No everything, but I have an awesome study partner to help me out.
"Who?" Sarah asks me curiously.
"Eric" I tell them. They all look at me.
"What?" I ask them. Okay, they really need to stop staring at people. It isn't nice and now they even got Lily doing it too.
"What’s with you and Eric? Do you like him or something?" Monique asks me suspiciously. Ugh!! Is she for real?
"No! I don't like like him. We're just friends" I tell her.
"Mmhmmm" she says not believing me. Fine. Be that way, little Miss Prissy.
"Well it's true" I say.
"I don't know. You seem to hang out with him a whole lot" Sarah says.
"Yeah, because he is my student guide and has been showing me around" I tell them with attitude. Ugh! Who do they think they are? Girl- liking- boy- alert- team?
"Well you have been spending extra time with him" Lily says next. I gasp. No! Not you too, Lily. You’re my best friend and now you’re going against me. Best friend traitor!!
"Pshh! Like when?" I ask her. I want some proof.
"Well like yesterday for example. You went to hang out with him instead of coming to my house to paint our nails" Lily tells me with a hurt expression on her face. I roll my eyes.
"Well yeah! He was helping me study for the geometry quiz and because of that I knew what I was doing." I tell her with a SEE! Expression back at her. Just then, I see Eric walking across the lunch room with his friends. He looks over at me and smiles. I smile back at him. It's as if we have a connection.
"AHEM!!" someone rudely interrupts me and Eric's connection looking. I turn and look at my so called friends. They were giving me a told you so looks.
"What?" I ask them. This seems to be the only thing I ask them.
"You see! You do like him" Sarah says.
"No I don't" I say.
"Uh yes you do. If you didn't, you wouldn't be looking and smiling at him like that." Monique says
"yeah, and you wouldn't be spending so much time with him" Lily says lastly. Best friend traitor! I'm tired of this.
"Well what if I do?" I ask them getting peeved.
"Ha! Don't waste your time. Eric hasn't dated anyone since his last girlfriend a year ago. Why would he date you? Plus you’re new. It's not like your special or anything. I would have a better chance at dating him than you would. Hmph!" Monique tells me coldly. What's her deal? Bitch!! I'm really pissed now. I think I'm quite special if I do say so myself.
"How would you now? You’re only a sophomore too?" I ask her. Sarah and Lily are remaining quiet watching us battle it out.
"Because I'm better than you and would be perfect for Eric. Not you" she asks me with a cold look. Ugh! I'm sick of her.
"For one thing, your hardly know me so don't judge me and two Eric can like me if he wants to. So stop being jealous. I'm outta here" I say angrily and glaring at my best friend traitor as I get up to leave. I walk out of the lunch room and go sit in the courtyard under a tree. Hopefully no one will notice me. My eyes start to get the burning feeling in them as I feel myself start to tear up. Don't Cori don't. She isn't worth your tears. I cover my face with my hands as tears start to roll down my face. I suddenly feel someone next to me.
"Cori? Sweetie what's wrong?"

I look up to see Eric sitting next to me. Ugh! I sooo do want him to see me crying. I quickly wipe my face with my hands. Eric slightly laughs.
"You know its okay to cry Cori" he tells me. Um, no. I don't think so Eric.
"No I'm not crying Eric. (Sniffle) I just have bad allergies" I say sniffling. Yeah bad allergies are a good excuse. He'll believe that.
"Mhmm" he says clearly not believing me. Okay, maybe he doesn't. Darn it!
"Well I do!" I tell him.
"If you do have bad allergies, then why are you sitting outside?" he asks me. Dang! That's a good question. Geeze I'm stupid sometimes.
"Well that's because......I want to enjoy the fresh air" I tell him smugly. Ha! Take that Eric. He rolls his eyes.
"Okay you can quit lying. I know that you don't have allergies, Cori. So just tell me what's wrong." he says obviously getting tired of my lying game.
"How’d you know I was out here anyway?" I ask him. Was he spying on me? Because it would be totally cool if he was. Heehee.
"I was walking out of the cafeteria when I saw you practically running out of the back doors looking distressed. So I came to see if you’re okay" he tells me looking concerned. Oh he looks like he actually cares about me. What if it's just a lie and he doesn't care and just feels sorry for me like Monique said. I start to tear up again. Ugh! I hate showing any signs of weakness. If you haven't noticed already, I like to be in control.
"Aww, little one. What's wrong? You can tell me" Eric says putting his arm around me and pulling me closer to him. Ahhh, I love being this close to Eric right now. I gotta take advantage of the moment. I shake my head.
"No (sniffle) it's okay. (Sniffle) I don't want to (sniffle) put my struggles (sniffle) on you." I tell Eric pulling away from him.
"Cori" Eric warningly and pulls me back to him again.
"Fine! I'll tell you. My so called friends were being mean to me" I tell him with a pout. Well...my so called best friend was. I don't know if I'd call Monique and Sarah my friends. More like foes with really ugly outfit choices.
"What they do to make you cry?" he asks me rubbing my back. (Sigh) I'm really enjoying this even if Eric did see me cry. Wait....
"I told you! I have bad allergies" I tell him. I got to keep up with my lie. Although it's kinda pointless now. Oh well. Eric rolls his eyes and shakes his head.
" just answer my question" he says.
"Well....." I say trailing off. What? Am I supposed to say 'well Eric, we were fighting about if I like you or not and if I did that you wouldn't care. Oh and Monique has a big time crush on you and she thinks you should go out with her.' yeah, something tells me that wouldn't be the smartest thing to do. Eric would probably think I was a crazy girl wearing pink zebra high heels. What? I am wearing pink
zebra high heels and they are adorable. I got them on sa-
"well what?" Eric asks me interrupting my thoughts. I sigh. Okay maybe I should just tell him.
" well they think I like you as in more than a friend and then I said well what if I did? And then Monique was all like 'Eric hasn't dated in a year, why would he date you. Your new; he'd have a better chance
of dating me than you.' then I told her she was jealous and walked out of the cafeteria." I tell him mimicking Monique's voice. Grrrr! I hate her. I look up at Eric to see what his reaction is. He has an amused grin on his face.
"Well it's true" I tell him slightly peeved that he thinks it's funny.
"Oh I believe you and excuse me for saying this but I just think the whole thing is pretty funny" he says. Hmph! See he did think it was funny. I practically pour my heart and soul to him and he thinks it's
funny. Well... Maybe not my heart and soul but it's still wrong to laugh at others. My Grammy told me so. Heehee.
"Hmph!" I tell him and cross my arms and turn away from him. If he wants to be like that.
"Don’t you want to know why I think it's funny?" he asks me still grinning at me.
"No I don't" I tell him. He hurt my feelings so he isn't going to get any love from me.
"Well I'm going to tell you anyway" he says. Do I have a choice in the matter?
"I think it's funny because Monique doesn't know me at all and she'd be the last person I would date. Also the reason I haven't dated anybody in a year is because I haven't found that special person yet. Except that is about to change" he tells me. My shoulders slump. Why is he telling me this? I don't want to know the girl who gets to date him.
"Why?" I ask him.
"Because I’ve found that special person" he tells me. Grrrr! Give me her name, phone number, and address. I'm going to put my stalking, I mean spying skills to good use.
"Who?" I ask casually. I don’t want to give him any ideas.
"I'm looking at her"
WHAT?!?!? He is? But he is looking at me. I turn around to make sure no one is behind me. Nope, it's just a tree. So it is me.
"ME??" I ask him pointing to myself.
"Mhmmm" he says with a smile.
"Really?" I ask him grinning now. Is he for real?
"Really" he tells me with his smile. YES!!! But wait.....
"How do you know that I'm your special someone?" I ask him
suspiciously. He better not be playing with me.
"Because the last couple of days have been like heaven every time I have been with you. Your funny, sweet, and have a great personality. You have adorable chocolate brown eyes and the cutest smile. You also have a mischievous side that a kind of like; except I think it's going to give me a lot of trouble. So that's how I know." he tells me. I’m smiling big time. OMG!! I can't believe he said all of those things about me. Well their all true so I'm not surprised. And he's right about my mischious side; it will give him a lot of trouble. Heehee!
"Sooo...." I say. So are we going to get together now?
"Only if you want to" he says.
"HELL YES!!!" I say to him. Eric laughs.
"Cool because I wasn't gonna take no for an answer" he tells me with a grin. Why would I tell him no? I'd have to be pretty stupid if I did and I'm NOT stupid. What? I'm not! I make a face at him and Eric just laughs.
"So I'll take you out on a date tomorrow as the official start of our relationship. Sound good to you?" he asks me. I just love the ring to that, our relationship. Ahh, I love it!
"Very good" I tell him smiling. Just then the school bell rings signaling that lunch time is over. (Sigh) Why does this have to end? Eric stands up and helps me up and gives me a hug.
"See you later?" he asks me.
"Definitely" I tell him and we smile at each other as we go on our separate ways to classes. On the way to my art class I stop into the restrooms. I make sure no one else is in there before I start....... TO DANCE!!! 'I'm dating the hottest guy in school, I'm dating the hottest guy I'm school! Oh yea oh yea! In your bad fashioned face Monique ha-ha!' I was in the middle of doing my victory dance when 2 girls came in. By the looks on their faces, I can tell they must think I'm seriously crazy. What you've never done a victory dance before?
"Um I was practicing for my audition for the school dance team. Do you think I'll make it?" I ask them with a serious face as if I was serious. The girls looked at each other then back at me before shaking their heads no. Hmph! Fine, be that way. My dancing wasn't that bad.
"Well that's good to know. Thanks!" I tell them cheerfully and get out of the bathroom quick. Well that was embarrassing, but nothing is going to stop my good mood because....... I'm dating the hottest guy in school! Heehee

I'm in total happy land right now. Eric and I are official. Well you probably already knew that, but I'm going to tell you again. Heehee! Okay on Friday night we went to the movies and out to dinner. It was totally amazing! Also we kissed. Ahhh!!! I know, total awesomeness. The only downer on this whole thing is that I can't tell Lily any of it; I'm not speaking to her until she apologizes to me for being mean to me. Apparently she is doing the same to me too. What I have to apologize for is beyond me. All I did was hang out with Eric. Okay so maybe I was hanging out with him more than her but so what. It was only for a couple of days; she was obviously just jealous like Monique. Anyway they'll find out today that I'm dating Eric, so they'll have to get over it. So today's Monday and it's been a week since school started. The principle and the dean are going to have an assembly today to talk about all the clubs you can join and events that will be happening during the school year. Blah blah blah. So Boring! That's why I have a plan to spice it up a bit. The only problem is that Lily was supposed to help me and now I don't think she is going to. Hmph! So I have to do it all by myself. Oh well, I'll manage. So what I'm going to do is-
"so are you her?" says a voice behind me. I turn around from my locker to find a girl with braces and carrying a HUGE backpack. It's a miracle that she is even able to carry that thing.
"What are you talking about and how much does that thing weigh?" I ask her looking at the size of it. I'd say about 75 pounds.
"Are you the girl dating Eric Dawson?" she asks me again. Ohhhhh, I get it now.
"yup. That's me" I tell her with a grin.
"Oh you are soooo lucky. I've wanted to date him since I saw him freshman year." she tells me dreamily. Okay. I don't want to know what she's thinking about.
"So what grade are you in?" I ask her.
"I'm a junior" she tells me. Really? She looks like she could be a freshman.
"Oh. Well anything else you like to know?" I ask her when, she is still standing in front of me; staring at me.
"No, that's it. But I got to warn you, a lot of girls are going to hate you now that you have taken their most prized possession. You also have tough shoes to fill since you’re dating Eric now. Well bye" she says and walks away. Well that was weird. What she said got me thinking. I am going to be the most hated girl school..... I like it. Heehee. And also what she said about me having tough shoes to fill; what's there to fill? Okay, so maybe Eric is really popular, loved by everyone, and is the all around good guy. Now he's dating me, the new girl who apparently doesn't seem to fit Eric's perfect image. Well I'll have to work on that......later. So back to the plan. I'm going to sneak behind the stage of the auditorium where I'll-
"hey baby" a voice says behind me. I smile knowing who it is. I turn around.
"Hi" I tell Eric instantly hugging him. He hugs me back tightly. Mmmmm, I can get used to this.
"Ready for another week of school?" he asks me. Ugh, don't remind me. I have a ton of more weeks left and don't want to be reminded that it's only the beginning.
"Ugh!" I say making a face. Eric laughs knowing my dislike for school already. Yeah, he catches on fast.
"Oh come on, it's not going to be that bad. On the plus side, you'll get to see me" he tells me with a grin. Well he has a major point right there.
"Well that's true, but that's the only good thing" I tell him. The ONLY good thing indeed. He rolls his eyes and smiles.
"At least you have one good thing. Anyway, you’re going to the assembly right?" he asks me. Of course Eric. I have an awesome blossom plan worked out.
"Yup yup yup" I tell him excitedly.
"You sound excited. Planning on joining any clubs?" Eric asks me. Well I'm planning to do something alright.
"Maybe" I tell him. Ha! Yeah right.
"Sweet!! Kay, baby. I got to get to class and you should do the same." he tells me.
"Okay, okay I will, Mr. Bossy" I tell him. He doesn't have to order me around. I'm a big girl.
"I'm just making sure that you won't skip class or anything" he tells me with a grin.
"Me?? Skip class? Eric, why would you think of such a thing?" I ask him.
"Hmmm. Geeze I wonder why" he says laughing slightly. I just smile at him. See! He already knows me too well.
"See you later babe" he says to me. I wave to him as he leaves. Don't worry Eric. I'll go to the assembly, but not for the reasons you may think. Heehee. I walk into my first class which is English. I'm actually very good in this subject and kind of like it. Anyway, I instantly see my traitors Monique and Sarah; they were glaring at me. I smile innocently at them. I just couldn't help it. I walk to a desk in the back of the room, but I had to pass them to get there.
"Well. Well. Well. Look who's here, Little Miss Liar." Monique says with a smirk.
"Who? Me?" I ask innocently.
"Yes you. Miss I-Don’t-like-Eric-but-two-days-later-we're-together." she says sarcastically.
"So what?" I ask. What's the big deal with that? It's not like we were together then.
"So you lied to us" she says angrily.
"Yeah, liar!" Sarah adds too. I roll my eyes.
"Why are you so pissed off that I lied to you? Would it have made a difference?" I ask her.
"Well...." Monique says caught off guard. Ha! Didn't think I'd say that huh?
"Well would it? Even if I did tell you I liked him, we would still have gotten together. The only reason you’re mad is because you’re jealous. Sorry Monique, Eric doesn't like you. He likes me" I tell her with a smirk and continue to walk on. Both Monique’s and Sarah's mouth is wide open. Ha-ha, losers! Anyway, I go sit down in the back next to this emo looking girl. She doesn't seem to notice me since her eyes are closed and she is listening to music with her iPod. Oh well, I didn't want to talk to her either. I look around the class room. I wonder where Lily is. She isn't here. I wanted to shove it in her face about Eric but I can't now since she isn't even here. Damn! Oh well. I need to prepare for my awesome plan. Heehee!

Toward the end of the school day before the assembly:

My plan's all set. Everything’s ready. Now all I got to do is sit back be ready. Oh wait. You must have nooo idea what I'm talking about since I haven't told you anything about my plan. My bad. Okay here's what's going to happen. I'm going to sneak in the back and put a film I made in the projector to show while the principle is giving us one of her boring talks and then I'm-
"Cori?" OH SNAP!! Who can that be?!? I quickly hide behind an old music stand.

“Cori! It’s me, Lily. Are you in here?” Lily asks coming in. oh it’s just Lily. Phew! I thought I lost my cover there for a second. I stand up.

“What do you want?” I ask her coldly. I’m still mad at her remember.

“I knew that you were still going to go on with the plan and I just wanted to come see if you need any help.” She says quietly.

“Well I got it taken care of. Why don’t you go sit back down with your new ‘friends’” I say. Hmph! Yea, why don’t you go sit with the traitors. Lily winces.

“Cori, I’m sooo sorry about the other day. I shouldn’t have been like that. I was just super jealous that you were spending so much time with Eric and not me. I should have been happy for you and I wasn’t. I’m such a bad friend. Please forgive me.” She says with a sad face. Awww that was a nice apology; except I want something better. Heehee, I’m mean like that.

“Why should I?” I tell her still coldly. What’s in it for me?

“Because I’d lose a best friend. Think of all the memories we’ve had together. Remember the time we first met in kindergarten. Two boys were pulling my pony tails and you came over and pushed them to the ground and said ‘you have to get through me and my pink sparkly shoes before you can get to her’ and we clicked ever since. Or the time in 2^nd grade when we put glue on the teacher’s coffee mug and watched her face get stuck to it. Or the time in 5^th grade when we snuck into the teacher’s lounge and ate all of the doughnuts. Or how about the time in 8^th grade when we did a dance off with the school’s janitor to see if we had to pick up all the food from the food fight we started and we won and didn’t have to pick anything up. Do you want all of those memories to go to waste? Or do you want to keep going and continue on with our memories with today’s plan?” she asks me after her little speech. It really was like a walk down memory lane.  (Sigh) those were good times. Who am I kidding? I can’t stop being friends with Lily. My life would be too boring, but I want to make her suffer her a little more.

“Well….” I say pretending to be not sure or not.

“Please!” she tells me with a puppy dog face. Damn! That always gets me.

“Well alright. But let’s put it on the table and say you were a jerk and are never going to talk to those stupid jealous people again. Kay?” I ask her.

“Totally! What was I thinking?” she asks me hugging me. Funny, because I was asking myself the same question.

“Soooo, you and Eric! Tell me all about it. I’m a little late” she says.

“And whose fault is that?” I ask her

“I know. I know. Mine but just tell me now” she says impatiently. Geeze, chill Lily. I get her up to speed on me and Eric. We are still talking about it until we hear our principle, Ms. Snooze, start to speak. YES!!! Its show time; and no pun intended.

“Hello everyone. I hope you have had a wonderful couple weeks of school. As many of you know, this school is evolved around school spirit and involvement. We have many clubs and sports that you can join…….” Ms. Snooze starts to say in her little motivational speech. Ugh! Thank god for our plan or else I might have died. So me and Lily are in the back behind the stage. The stage has a back drop on it so no one can see us. I pretty much had everything set up and Lily did the finishing touches to our plan. Oh wait that’s right. I haven’t told you our whole plan yet have I? Okay I’ll tell you. Me and Lily made a really funny video making fun of some of the teachers and especially the principle. It has really cool music and pictures of the teachers that is just hilarious. Lily has great stalking skills if you didn’t know. Anyway, we’re going to show the video near the end of the assembly so all the students can wake up a little bit from the boring stuff. Isn’t it genius? I’m soo proud of it.

“Is everything ready now?” I ask Lily who is fixing the projector. You see the projector will show the video behind the back screen.

“Yup. All set” she says. I sneak a look at the assembly. Dang!! People are practically falling asleep out there. Heehee, good thing we’ve got something to wake them up. I think it’s time.

“Okay Lily. Is it ready to play?” I ask her.

“Uh-huh. Let’s do it” she says and pushes the play button. I instantly hear the song We Like to Party being played in front of us. Yes!! The video worked. Suddenly there is laughter; Lots of laughter. Success!! Me and Lily quickly go to the side of the backstage where no one can see us but we can see out in the auditorium. Almost all of the students are laughing. Some of the pictures are of the teachers when they are younger, when they’re acting goofy, or when they are acting kind of naughty. Heehee! OMG!!! The teacher’s faces are priceless. Some of them are like kill me now and others are horrified; especially the principle. Hahahaha!! I love it.

“Cori? Do you smell something?” Lily asks me. What? Smell something? All I smell is success. Hmmm, but now that she mentions it, I do smell something. It smells kind of like something’s burning. My eyes widen. I look over at Lily and see that her eyes are wide too. THE PROJECTOR!!!!

We quickly run back behind the stage and see the projector surround by smoke.

“Oh my gosh Lily!! What do we do?” I ask her. It must have been so old that it caused it to start in flames.

“I don’t know! How about we quickly fan it and maybe it will go out” she says panicky. Good idea.

“Okay lets go” I say and we run over to the smoking projector. Me and Lily quickly blow on the smoke hoping the fire will go out.

“It’s not working Cori” she tells me. Yeah, I can see that Dumbo. I have eyes too.

“How about we get some of our folders and wave them in front of it. Maybe that will get the flames to go out” I tell her. She nods her head and we run over to our back packs and get one of our folders each. We run back to the projector and start to wave them like crazy in front of the projector. It doesn’t help and in fact makes it worse because the smoke gets thicker and we actually start to see flames in the projector. Damn it!! We’re doomed.

“Lily what do we do now?!?!”  I practically shout to her. Thank god for the film to still be running or else we would be heard.

“I don’t know. I don’t know. Ahhhh we’re going to die.” Lily says and puts her arms around my neck and squeezes me.

“Lily. I. can’t. breathe.” I tell her and try to pry her arms off of me. Lily is crying.

“We’re doomed Cori. The fire is going to kill us all and because of us” she says. Her words hit me. Oh no. we are going to die and no one will even know that it was us who made the video. The news made me cry too. The fire gets bigger and catches the projector stand on fire too. The smoke is really thick and covering the whole room. Suddenly an alarm goes off. Oh shit. The fire alarm. People start to scream and teachers are shouting to be over heard. I guess they can see the smoke now too. Okay we need to get out quick before they found out we did it.

“Lily we need to get out of here” I yell to her. She shakes her head knowing why. We high tell out of the back stage quickly and get into the crowds of students who are in a hurry to get out of the auditorium. We make it out safely to the front of the school grounds. We all suddenly see a fire truck pulling into the school. Firemen in their full out fire uniforms run off the truck and start to pull hoses of the truck. Man, we sure messed this up big. But it’s kind of neat to see actual firemen putting out a fire.

1 hour later:

“Students, the firemen said that it is okay to go into the building now. Please get your stuff and head home. “Ms. Snooze tells us.  Phew! Good thing the projector didn’t burn down the whole school. Wait. Did that actually just come out of my mouth? I wish the fire did burn the school so we wouldn’t have to go to it. Yeah, that’s more like it.

“Cori? Do you think we’ll get caught?” Lily asks me worriedly.

“No, why would we?” I tell her with a snort.

“Because look at our clothes” she tells me. I look down at our clothes and notice that they are covered with ash and smoke. Oh snap, I get what she is saying now. I look around and see that no one else’s clothes are dirty. Okay, we may have a problem here.

“Let’s just say that we were close to the fire” I tell Lily.

“Okay, good enough. Let’s just get our stuff and get out of here” she says. Wait a minute. Wasn’t our stuff in the back stage? I was just about to ask Lily this when suddenly I feel a hand clamp down on my shoulder.

“You two. Get to the principal’s office. NOW!”

Great. Just great. I can't believe this. Well actually, maybe I can. Me and Lily are currently sitting in Ms. Snooze's office. Everything about this lady is BORING. Her office practically puts me to sleep.
"Well what do you have to say for yourselves?" Ms. Snooze asks us with a cold glare. I roll my eyes. Does she actually think that look scares me?
"Oh, Ms. O'Donnell. I'm sooooo sorry. We never meant to start a fire. Honest. It was just for fun." Lily says in tears. Really Lily? Don't show weakness in front of Ms. Snooze. Show her that you’re tough.
"Well make sure it doesn't happen again or else you will be expelled from school. The only reason that you two aren't expelled time is because Cori's father has offered to pay for all the damages and also donate a generous amount of money. So consider yourself lucky." she tells us with another cold glare. Seriously, does she think her look scares us? She needs to take classes on how to be more intimidating. It will do her wonders. I smile at her.
"And you’re welcome for the money. If you keep me here I'm pretty sure you will be getting more donations. Just warning you. Oh and can I just say that you looked fabulous in that bikini when you were younger" I tell her. She suddenly slams both her hands on her desk and she says in an icy voice
"never. Mention. That. Ever. Again."Me and Lily's eyes widen and we nod our heads. Someone has some issues. In case you’re wondering what the picture looked like; it was a picture of Ms. Snooze when she was 20 years younger in a bikini. The only problem with that was is that she was fat. Yeah, kind of disturbing; but funny. Heehee.
" okay girls. Go sit outside the office and wait for one of your parents to pick you up." Ms. Snooze tells us with s final glare. I roll my eyes again. Me and Lily stand up and walk out of her office and sit in the chairs. Lily is still crying. Sheesh, it's not like the fire killed anybody. The only people it could have killed were us. Get over it. I was about to say this to her but the office clerk said something first.
"Lily. Your mom's here." she tells her rather rudely. I guess she is pissed at us too. Lily stands up and gets her stuff. Yeah, the firemen found our stuff ad that's one of the reasons the teachers knew it was us. Lily's mom comes into the office waiting area. She looks pissed but not for the reasons you would think. You see, Lily's mom is a drinker. She is drunk most of the time and when she has to do
something not involved drinking, she is pissed. Lily's dad divorced her mom a long time ago, but is still close to Lily. He sends her money and stuff and pays for most of her things. That's why Lily can
afford to go to this school. Which is funny because I don't think her mom is going to care about what happened today. So I'm not sure why she is crying. Maybe it had something to do with her dad being disappointed with her.
"Let’s go Lily" her mom tells her roughly. Lily waves to me as she exits the office. I sigh. I'm here all alone with Ms. Snooze and a pissed off office lady. Great (and I'm being sarcastic. I was just starting to count all of the schools awards when I hear a familiar voice.
"Cori, there you are. Baby, what are you doing here?"
 "Eric! It's soooo good to see you" I tell him and jump up and hurry into his arms. He hugs me tight. Everything feels so much better when I'm in his arms.
"Why are your clothes like that? Were you near the fire baby?" he asks me worriedly. Hmmmm, what should I say? I opened my mouth to answer when someone else answered for me.
"It’s more like she started the fire." Ms. Snoozes says. Ugh! Her again.
"Wait-- what?!?" Eric asks me confused. I have a feeling I don't have to answer because someone else can answer for me, so I look to the other side of the room suddenly finding interest a fake plant.
"That’s right. Her and her friend Lily thought it would be funny to show a rather unacceptable video on the projector to the school. What they didn't know was that the projector was really old and didn't work properly, so it started a fire." Ms. Snooze tells Eric. See! I told you someone would answer for me. And I did know that the projector was old, kind of like Ms. Snooze over there. Plus if it didn't work right, why did they still have it? Morons!
"Did you really do that Cori?" Eric asks me not sounding happy. I finally looked back to him. Yup, he looks pretty pissed.
"Oh Eric. It was just for fun" I tell him. Come on! Lighten up.
"Cori, you could have gotten hurt" he says with his arms folded across his chest. Damn, I have a protective boyfriend right now.
"That is very right Cori. You could have died." Ms. Snooze chimes in behind me. Pssh! That's funny because you didn't once say that in your little speech to me and Lily a few minutes ago in your office. In fact it sounded as if you wish it did.
"Okay so it could have, but it didn't. So you don't need to worry now" I tell both of them; although I said it more to Eric and not to Ms. Snooze because I don't think she really cares.
"Yes well, let's not plan on doing anything like that in the future" she tells me with a glare but then gives Eric a smile. I roll my eyes.
"Is your dad picking you up?" Eric asks me.
"Yeah, but like in an hour and a half." I tell Eric. My dad's work is really important. Don't get me wrong, my daddy really cares about me, but after work hours. I pretty much can do whatever I want and get away with everything due to him being gone a lot for work. Today's little adventure won't even bother him, my dad's used to it by now and doesn't want to handle it. I'm never in trouble. Heehee.
"Well call him. I'll take you home" Eric tells me. I nod my head and get my cell and call my dad. He agrees to Eric's offer readily. He has this huge project that he's doing and didn't want to have to stop on it. He tells me to be good and that he'll be home late tonight. I turn back around to Eric and Ms. Snooze in the office. Ms. Snooze is talking Eric up. Geeze she is obvious. I get my stuff and walk toward Eric. He takes my hand in his. Ms. Snooze sees this and her eyes practically pop out of her head.
"You’re dating?!?" she asks us shocked. I smirk at her.
"Yup" I tell her. Hahaha, her face is priceless.
"But Eric, what about Nelly?" she asks him. What!?! Who's Nelly?
"She’s cool. We're friends. Seeya Ms. O'Donnell" Eric says to her with a wave and walks out of the office with me. OMG!!!! Free at last! We walk to Eric's car and get in. I love his car. It's a BMW. It's like his most prized possession....well besides me. Anyways, as we're driving to my house I ask him
"so do you want to do anything at my place?" Eric glances at me and says
"oh don't worry. We'll definitely be doing something" My eyes widen.
"What is that supposed to mean?" I ask him.
"You’ll see" he tells me. Omg! What is Eric talking about? I'm getting kind of scared. Good thing I live close to school because it doesn't take very long to get to my house; my empty house. I get out of Eric's car and get my stuff and unlock my front door. I quickly put my stuff down and turn around to Eric.
"Okay what were you talking about in the car?" I ask him. You can't be all mysterious like that with me. I'm a very curious person.
"Let’s talk first" he says and grabs my arm and leads me over to the couch. He sits me down and then sits down next to me.
"Talk about what?" I ask. Are we going to talk about something random or something deep and personal?
"About what happened today" he tells me. Ohhhh, that.
"Okay what about it?" I ask him next. I thought he found out all he needed to know from Ms. Snooze.
"Did you ever stop and think about what could have happened Cori?" he asks. Me? Stop and think? Ha, the only time I stop and think is when I'm deciding on what color I should get in a particular kind of high heel.
"Nooo..." I trail off not sure of where he is going with this.
"No? So you didn't stop and think 'what would happen if the teachers catch me doing this or maybe I'm going to hurt a lot of people's feelings because I showed the video to everyone" he says to me. No, those thought didn't go through my mind at all. Go figure.
"Come on Eric. It was just for fun. Those teachers need a sense of humor." I tell him. Not all of the pictures were bad or embarrassing.
"How would you like it if someone showed the whole school pictures that you didn't want them to see?" Eric asks me with raised eyebrows. Shit! He has a point. I would be sooo pissed off. In fact, I would unleash my claws and go into pissed off kitty mode. And that is a mode you don't want to see.
"I wouldn't like it at all" I tell him, finally getting what he is saying. He nods his head.
"Mhmmm. Now let's talk about the fire" he says next. I roll my eyes.
"Eric, it was an accident" I tell him. Why is it so hard for people to understand that? It's not like I planned on the fire to start and burn the auditorium. I mean come on. Who do you take me for?
"I understand that, but I don't think you realize the bigger picture. You could have gotten hurt or worse, killed." he tells me.
"I get that Eric" I say exasperatedly.
"Do you? Think of all the people you would be affecting if that did happen. Do you understand that? I know that it *didn't* happen, but you need to think about what would of happened if it did. Just name a few people that it would affect" he tells me to do. I sigh and start to think about it. It would affect my dad, but I'm sure he'd get over it quickly and go back to his work. Lily, if she didn't die with me. That would suck for her; no more of my awesome plans. My house keeper, Amanda. She like a mom to me. Then last but not least, Eric. He'd lose me. We're already so close even though we've just started dating. He'd probably miss me like crazy or he'd get over it and find a new girlfriend. The thought made me tear up. He'd probably find a better girlfriend.
"Well could you name a few people?" he asks me after seeing me starting to tear up. I nod my head and start to actually cry now.
"You’d find a better girlfriend" I cry into my hands. Eric rolls his eyes and puts his hands around my waist and pulls me into his lap.
"baby, that wasn't the point I was trying to make." he tells me snuggling me into him.
"You said to name a few people that it would affect and I did. It would affect you because you wouldn't have me as a girlfriend anymore and can find someone who doesn't like to get into trouble" I tell him sniffing into his shirt.
"Yes, angel. I said to think of people who it would affect if you got hurt or killed, not to think up a crazy scenario of what would happen if you had died. And anyways, I wouldn't be able to find another girl like you for awhile. So quit crying about it please" Eric tells me while kissing my head. Yes! That's good to know but I don't know if it makes me fill any better.
"But beside me baby, did you think of anybody else who would be affected?" he asks me gently. I nod my head.
"Yeah and I feel really bad" I tell him sadly. Dang!! Do I ever. I kind of regret doing the film a little now; but just s little bit.
"Good. You should" Eric tells me.
"Your right, I won't do it again" I tell him so he thinks that I get it. Just tell him things he wants to hear.
"I'm not so sure about that. I think it's just going to go in one ear and out the other without you comprehending it fully. You'll continue to do stuff that will lead you into trouble. And one of these days you'll get yourself into major trouble that you won't be able to get out of. You need structure in your life Cori" Eric tells me. Ugh! Who does he think he is? My father? Although I can sort of see where he is coming from since my dad tells me the same thing every time he has to bail me out of trouble. Yet he never bothers to put any sort of structure in my life. He's too 'busy'.
"It’s okay Eric. I can handle myself. I'm a big girl" I tell him as I
push myself away from his chest to look at him while still sitting on his lap.
"I think that's the problem. You think you can handle everything and can get away with anything. Unfortunately for you, that's going to change." he tells me. What is that supposed to mean? I was just about to ask him that when Eric starts to stand me up and face him. He takes both my hands in his and looks at me.
"Baby, do you trust me?" he asks me. Well duh! Why ask such a stupid question? I nod my head.
"Do you trust me not to hurt you?" he asks me next. Where is he going with this? I nod my head again.
"Good, so you won't have a problem with this" he tells me and suddenly my face is inches away from my floor. WTF?!?!? What is he doing?
"Eric! What are you doing?" I ask him full of shock.
"I’m going to try to knock some sense into you" he tells me while placing his hand on my butt. I gasp. If he is going to do what I think he is going to do, then he has another thing coming.
"Wait. Are you going to spank me?" I ask him terrified.
"Ah so you know what I'm going to do" he tells me with a smirk. Ugh! He can't do this to me. I won't allow.
"Yes, I know what you want to do to me but I won't allow it. Let me up Eric" I order him. I try to push myself up but can't due to Eric's strong grip around my waist. I struggle now.
"Sorry baby, no can do. You definitely need this. Big time!" he tells me and with that raises his hand and brings it down hard on my Jean covered ass. OMG!! That hurt like hell and it's only getting worse. How dare he do this to me?
"Eric!! Stop it. You’re hurting me. Let me up you big jerk." I tell him while kicking my legs and struggling to get up. Eric stops spanking my poor innocent butt.
"Okay listen. Your getting a spanking today, no matter what. If you want to keep fighting it, go ahead but you’re not going anywhere." he tells me while his hand is placed on my already warm butt.
"You can't spank me, you’re my boyfriend" I tell him angrily. I mean come on. You’re supposed to be nice and comfort me when I'm sad, not spank me when I'm bad. Hey that rhymes. Heehee.
"True, but it doesn't look like anyone else is willing to do it, so I will" he tells me. Ugh! Jerk. What century is he living in?
"But I don't want you to spank me" I tell him again. Why can't he get that through his mind? Don't spank Cori. What’s so hard to understand about that?

"Oh I know and after this if you don't want to be with me then so be it. At least I’ll know that you'd paid the consequences." he tells me. I roll my eyes and huff.

"Ha! I'm definitely not planning on staying with you after this" I tell him crossly. I'm not going to stay with a guy who wants to hit me. I'm not stupid.

"We’ll see" is all Eric says and then he starts to do the unthinkable; pulling my jeans down!!!

"Wait. Don't do that please" I begged him. I didn't think we were at that point in our relationship yet. Well our old relationship. Hmph!

"did you honestly think I would spank you over your jeans? You'd barely feel a thing" Eric tells me. Well that's funny because when you were spanking me a few minutes ago, I definitely felt something. Eric finishes pulling my jeans down to my knees then he places his hand on my butt again. Phew! Good thing I wore cute polka dot panties today.

"So are you ready?" he asks me. WHAT kind of damn question is that? 'So are you ready?' ugh! Of course I'm not ready. It's not like it's a race to see who can get the best stuff on black Friday before everyone else does. THAT is when I'm ready. Not this. I shake my head.

"I'm not talking to you" I tell him coldly. He chuckles.

"Sorry, but I think you just did" he tells me while raising his hand and bringing it crashing down in my poor suffering behind. I mean really. What did it ever do to you, other than look cute? I growl. Ha- ha, your sooo funny Eric. Ahhhh, he is killing me here.

"ow Eric oww please ahh I get it. Oww stop" I plead to him. He is really spanking me hard. My eyes are getting watery.

"I smack don't smack think smack your smack anywhere smack close smack to smack getting smack it. Smack you smack have smack a smack long smack way smack to smack go smack smack" he tells me while continuing to spank me. He is really spanking mega hard now and us going faster. I have tears running down my face and I'm crying now.

"Noo I do owww I do owwie. Please ahh stop owww" I cry to him. Eric's hand is starting to spank right below the curve of my butt and the tops of my legs. Wow!! The pain just went up a notch. I'm crying really hard now. I think I'm going to die for sure now. Wouldn't that be sad to die like this? A poor adorable defenseless girl dies on the lap of her so called boyfriend while getting spanked by him. Now that would be an awesome front page news story.

"Cori, is it finally getting to you?" Eric asks me. He stopped spanking me and I didn't even feel it.

"yes your are" I sob to him.

"Then tell me why you are getting spanked?" he asks me while rubbing my butt. I'll say anything to make him stop.

"Because I showed a mean prank of the teachers to the whole school and started a fire and burned the auditorium and I could of gotten hurt or killed" I tell him in a rushed and blurry sentence while crying.

"Mhmmm and I'm sure some people would be really upset if you'd gotten hurt. I know I would be. I'd lose an awesome girl who I had wanted to spend more time with" he tells me sadly. His words hit me hard. Poor Eric. He would lose and awesome girl and we've just started dating. Well I suck majorly. I feel so guilty. I cry even harder now.

"I'm sooo sorry Eric. Please forgive me" I sob to him.

"I already have baby. So you finally get it?" he asks me hoping I do. I nod my head.

"Good, so let's finish your spanking up and it will be all over" he tells me. My eyes widen.

What!! It isn't over?? He has got to be kidding? Apparently he isn't. Grrrrrr.

"last 20 baby. These are going to be really hard. So brace yourself, okay?" Eric asks me gently. Sure I'll brace myself, buy with what I may ask. Oh I know. How about this imaginary pole right in front of me. I'm sure that will help. I roll my eyes. I nod my head and sniff.

"Kay" I tell him and 'brace' myself. Eric raises his hand and brings it down hard on my left lower cheek. OMG!!!! I really should have braced myself with something. Eric continues to spank my butt and thighs really hard. I'm sobbing uncontrably right now.

Smack smack smack smack smack  Eric spanks the last five in the middle of my butt all in the same 

place. Geeze those hurt. I didn't even realize he had finished spanking me until I felt him rubbing my butt soothingly.

"i-is it o-over?" I ask shakily looking back at Eric. He smiles at me.

"yes, little one" he says and helps me up and onto his lap. I cry out even more when my scorched behind touches his jeans. Eric moves my body so I am lying more on my hip than my butt. I snuggle into his strong arms feeling content and safe. I know, it's pretty weird. I don't know why I feel like this but I do and I like it. As I continue to cry my poor heart out, Eric whispers calming words to me.

"shhhhh....baby girl it's okay, I'm all done now.....shhhh.....I'm so proud of you for taking your spanking so well baby.....shhhh it's okay" eventually his words calm me down to sniffles and hiccups.

"Eric, (sniff) I'm sooo (hiccup) ooo sorry (sniff)" I tell him. Eric kisses my head and hugs me tight.

"I know your are baby. Just don't do something like that again, Kay?" he asks me. I quickly nod my head. I don't want another spanking like that again.

"Except I don't think it will matter since we won't be together any more right?" he asks me with a grin. My eyes widen and I shake my head.

"No I was just kidding heehee" I tell him quickly and snuggle into him more. I am not about to leave him or his lap anytime soon. Eric laughs.

"Thought so because I wasn't going to let you anyway" he tells me and kisses my cheek. I smile. I am sooo lucky to have him. Except I'm not so sure about the spanking part yet. Oh well I'll think about that later. I sit up a little on his lap and wince when my butt throbbed. I groan.

"Why did you have to spank me so hard?" I whine to him. Couldn't he have gone easy on me? This was my first time after all. Eric slightly laughs.

"I didn't baby. This was light" he tells me. I give him a look. Yeah right!

"It was?" I ask him in disbelief.

"Mhmm, I could have pulled down your panties too. I also could have spanked you with something other than my hand but I didn't since this was your first time" he says. My eyes widen as I think about he said. He could have spanked me on my bare ass with something other than his hand. Hmmmm, maybe I did get off easy. Eric smiles at my expression and says

"so don't do anything to cause me to spank you like that because next time I will" he warns me with a look.

"I won't. I promise" I tell him. He rolls his eyes and grins.

"What?" I ask him.

"I'm not so sure you'll be able to keep that promise. Actually I know you won't be able to." he tells me brushing my hair out of my face.

"Well you’re sounding as if you think I'm going to get into trouble again" I tell him offended. It's good to know that you don't trust me Eric. Hmph! Eric just gives me a look ad says

"have you met yourself? Your middle name should be trouble. I was right about your mischievous side. It will definitely be giving me a lot of trouble" he tells me while giving me one more kiss on the cheek. I pout and cross my arms. It’s not my fault I like adventure. Eric smiles at me and says

"and that's just the way I like you" I instantly smile and fling my arms around his neck and hug him tight. He likes me for who I am; even my crazy ways. Now I know why I felt content and safe earlier.

3 days later:

"how did you think you did on the English test?" lily asks me as we're putting our books away before heading to lunch.

"Oh I aced it" I tell her proudly with a smile.

"Did Eric help you study?" she asks me with a knowing look.

"As a matter of fact, he didn't. So ha!" I tell her smugly and sticking my tongue out at her. She grins and rolls her eyes while closing her locker. We head toward the lunch room together.

"Did you finish giving your apology letter to the teachers yet?" I ask her as we get in the lunch line.

"Yup. You?" she asks me. I grimaced, but nod.

"Yes. Even though I’d rather stick a needle in my eye when I had to give one to Ms. Sno- I mean Ms. O'Donnell though" I tell her. It was pure torture. Ms. Snooze was all smug when I gave her my letter and she said 'well I hope you learned your lesson.' grrrr, she had no idea. Whatever grandma. Now I know not to get caught by her so I don't have to apologize to her again. You see, Eric told me that I had to write to the teachers in the video an apology note. I didn't want to but he said it was the right thing to do. I still didn't want to but then Eric added an or else. Ugh! Black mailer. I knew what the or else meant and I sure as he'll don't want that. So the next day I told Lily that we should write apology letters to the teachers. I made it sound like it was my idea and she totally agreed. Heehee, she'll never know.

"Same here, but at least it's over now" she agrees with me.

"Thank God!!" I say and she laughs. We get our food and head outside to the court yard. I wave to Eric as we head out so he knows that I'm sitting outside. He always likes to know where I'm at for some reason. It's probably him being over protective. Anyways, me and Lily sit outside under a shady tree. The weather is really nice this time of year. Ah, I love fall season.

"You and Eric are so cute" Lily gushes to me. I smile back.

"I know" I say. What? We are.

"Your lucky that you’re dating one the most popular guys in school" she tells me. I know, I get special treatment from everyone. Especially the nerds. Heehee. (Sigh) I'm sooo evil.

"Can we go to the movies tomorrow or are you going to hang out with Eric?" Lily asks me. She's been making sure that she gives me space with my new boyfriend. She is such a good BFF.

"We can go to the movies tomorrow. What do you want to see?" I ask her. We then go into a deep conversation about which movie we should see and whether or not Leonardo Di Caprio is hot or not. Soooo NOT. Orlando Bloom, hell YES!!

"How much longer do we have until Lunch is over?" I ask her. She looks at her watch.

"15 minutes" she tells me. Ahh, I'm late.

"Dang! I gotta hurry up" I tell her and start packing my lunch away. I get my bag and stand up to go. I look back at Lily. She looks so lonely.

"Lily, I have a new plan especially for you" I tell her.

"What’s that?" she asks me curiously.

"Operation: find Lily a hot boyfriend" I tell her with a grin. She rolls her eyes and shakes her head.

"Good luck with that one" she tells me. We smile and wave good bye to each other. I hurry inside and go to my locker. There leaning against it was my own hot boyfriend, Eric.

"You’re late" he tells me with a grin. I lean into his arms and give him a kiss.

"By 5 minutes" I tell him. No biggie, I was fashionable late.

"Okay, I'll let it slide. Did you give the teachers your apology letter today?" he asks me with a look I'm getting all too familiar with now.

"Yes sir I did" I tell him.

"Even Ms. O'Donnell?" he asks me next. I roll my eyes.

"Yes I did" I tell him. Even though it almost killed me doing it.

"Good girl, see it wasn't that hard" he says. I give him a look now. Easy for him to say. He didn't have to do surrender a white flag to his arch enemy like I had to.

"Hmph!" is all I say. He laughs and kisses my lips. We continue to kiss until the bell rings a second later. Grrr, stupid bell. It always interrupts all the important stuff. We separate and hug one last time.

"Bye baby. Be good please." he says letting me go.

"I’m always good" I tell him with a cheeky grin. He snorts and rolls his eyes.

"Sure" he says sarcastically. I wave to him as we have classes on the opposite side of the building for this period. I suddenly think of something and turn back and call out to Eric.

"Eric!" I shout to be over heard in the hall. He turns back around and gives me a questioning look.

"Who do you think is hotter: Orlando Bloom or Leonardo Di Caprio?"