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~The Next Morning~

"AMY! SCHOOL!" Dad called from the bottom of the stairs. I groaned as I walked down the stairs, my black messenger bag over my shoulder.

"I'm here, lets go..." I said. "Bye, Mom!" I shouted back from the front door.

~Ten Minutes Later~

"Hi Amy!" Mel greeted as soon as I walked up the front steps of the school, laden down with my new school books. I've got to get a new one before my old one rips like it did at my last school...

"Hi, uh, Mel," I said cautiously, slightly weirded out by how she had spotted me so quickly. Maybe she was waiting for me, or maybe she didnt have many other friends... "What's up?" I asked her as we walked towards my locker. She offered to take some books out of my backpack and carry them, and I gratefully complied.

Once we got to the lockers, I noticed Julie and Gina standing by mine. Aren't I Miss Popular today?

"Amy!" Julie called.

"We waited up for you to call back!" Gina said.

"What happened?" They asked in unison. Another day, another start. Mel cleared her throat.

"Sorry, Mel, didn't see you. Hey." Gina said with a nod.

"Its okay," Mel said, handing me my books as I opened my locker to put them away, "Hey."

"I just had a fight with my parents, guys, no big deal. I was tired and forgot to call before I went to bed." I explained. I didn't want to say much else in front of Mel. I wasn't sure if I could trust her completely yet. Julie elbowed Gina so she wouldn't say anything more about it.

"What's going on?" Mel asked, apparently noticing that there was somthing we weren't telling her. Thankfully, just then warning bell rung.

"See ya Mel, We have to go to class.." Julie said happily, and Gina, Julie, and I turned around and hurried off to class. "We were so saved back there. I have never liked that bell as much as I do now."


~Afterschool~


I sat outside the school waiting for Dad to come and get me, when suddenly I saw a car I had come to know so well. It was always parked across the street from my house, after all.

As Aaron's car pulled up, I smiled.

"Need a ride?" he asked, rolling down the window of his Black Range Rover.

"Got one! Dad's picking me up." He frowned.

"You sure?" He asked. "You could always call him and tell him you got a ride from someone else..."

"Fine, fine..." I said, laughing. "I'll call..." He suddenly had a big smile as I got into the car. I looked out the window and noticed someone familiar watching me as we pulled away... Mel.

Thank G-d she can't see whos driving. Even if she did, neighbors can give other neighbor's rides home, right? I tried to cover my face, but it didn't matter: I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that she saw me.

"Something wrong?" Aaron asked, noticing my behavior.

"Not really..." I replied. He gave me an unconvinced look. "Fine... Theres this girl I met yesterday, and I'm not sure if I can trust her."

"Why wouldn't you be able to trust her?"

"Because unlike Julie and Gina, who had no idea who you were, she knew."

"Ohh."

"She said she saw us together on the cover of US Weekly, from that day we had lunch together?" I paused, continuing after he nodded. "She started flipping out! Saying she couldn't wait to tell everyone she could think of that she knew 'the girl who was dating Aaron Carter'." I paused again. "I told her we weren't dating."

He nodded. "Oh." Aaron was silent after that. Had I said something wrong?

"Are you mad at me?" I finally asked.

"No!" he exclaimed, still keeping his eyes on the road. "Its none of her business that we're dating." He reached over and held my left hand with his right. "I think you did the right thing."

"So, you don't think I should trust her?" I asked as we sat in his car, which he'd parked in my driveway.

"I think she needs to earn your trust." He sighed as he held my hand. "You know, I don't care if the whole world knows that I love you, but if you don't trust her, you don't trust her."

I smiled as I leaned over and kissed him lightly before being rudely interrupted...

'Let me take you to another place
Where nothing ever seems to matter
Its just you and me
We can take flight like a thief in the night
Stolen moments with you'

"Go ahead..." he said with a sigh. I took my phone out of my pocket and answered it.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hey!" Julie replied. Damnit, Julie!

"Whats up?"

"Nothing..." She didn't sound too sure it was nothing.

"Whats wrong?"

"Well... Just as we were leaving, Mel came up to us and told us she saw you leave in some mysterious car."

"Did she see who was driving?"

"Nope. She asked us if we knew whos car it was."

"We lied." Gina added from the background.

"Good. You do know it was Aaron's car, right?" I questioned.

"Of course! But I wasn't about to tell her that." Julie explained.

"Just making sure... But, um I'll talk to you later, okay?"

"Wait!" Gina exclaimed, having apparently taken the phone from Julie. "You promise you're gonna remember to call us tonight? No matter how late it is?"

"Yes, Gina. I promise."

"Okay then! Have fun, and tell Aaron we said 'Hi'!"

"He said 'Hi'," I answered without even looking at him for a response. He was listening to the whole conversation. "Call you later. Bye." I finished, before hanging up. "Now where were we?" I asked, leaning in once again and kissing him.

"Amy!" My mom was waving frantically at us as she walked out the front door. "Amy, thank God you are all right!" she exclaimed once I had rolled down my window.

"Mom, Mom," I cited, grabbing her flailing arms and putting it down against the edge of the window, "What's wrong?"

"Your dad couldn't find you, and we started to panic and-"

"Wait!" I interrupted. "Didn't either of you get my message?" I asked.

"Message? What message?"

"I left a message for both of you saying I was getting a ride home from Aaron."

"We didn't get a message." she cried, trying to hide the tears coming out of her eyes. "I thought you said you didnt have a phone."

Oh yes. No wonder.

"You know he gave me one, Mom." I said, holding up my phone to show her. "I was on it yesterday right in front of you."

"Oh." She paused, before opening her mouth to speak-

Thud.