“You’re doing what?” Kris asked, turning around to look at the three of us in the back seat.

“Umm…helping Ben?” I suggested. Will laughed. “What? What did I say?”

“Oh my god.” Kris said, turning back around.

“What?” Megan asked.

“You wanna tell them or should I?” Will asked, glancing over at Kris.

“Meg, remember when Will and I started dating?” Kris asked.

“Duh.” Megan said.

“Use your brain little sister!!” Kris said.

“Ok what is she talking about?” I asked, looking at Megan.

“I…oh!” Megan said.

“Yeah…oh.” Kris said. “That school seems to be popular for this sort of thing.”

“Ok what are you guys talking about?” I asked.

“I’ll tell you later.” Megan said.

“I’m curious too.” Eric said.

“I’ll tell you later!” Megan repeated.

“Ok…all you kids out.” Will said, pulling up to the school.

“Thanks guys.” I said, getting out. I was so glad that Ben had the doll. I looked around. Speak of the devil…there he is. I smirked as I watched him try to juggle everything before I took pity on him and hurried over to grab the carrier before it fell. “Hey.”

“Oh, hey! Thanks.” Ben said. “You were right, that thing is annoying.”

“Yep…real babies are easier then this thing.” I said, shifting the carrier. “So you ready?”

“If I said no…” Ben asked.

“I’d just say too bad.” I said, smirking.

“Thought so.” Ben said, smiling. “That’s why I’m saying yes.”

“Good boy, you’re picking up fast.” I said.

“Well talking to the guys you hang out with…I learned a few things.” Ben said.

“Lacey!! Come on!” Megan called.

“We’re coming!” I called back. I looked at Ben. “Show time, partner.” He just nodded and put an arm around my shoulders before we headed over to the others.

“Aww…don’t they look cute like that, and with a baby.” Jordan said. I stuck up my middle finger at her.

“This means I so have to get a guy because I do not want to be only one without one in this group.” Karla said.

“Its temp, Kar, don’t go crazy.” I said.

“Uh huh.” Megan said. I looked at her.

“Hey what were Kris and Will talking about?” I asked.

“When?” Megan asked.

“Just now in the car.” I said.

“Yeah, explain it Meg.” Eric said.

“I dunno, they were just being freaks.” Megan said.

“Uh huh…sure.” I said.

“Guys, we have classes to get to.” Mike said.

“You’re not off the hook yet, missy.” I said, narrowing my eyes at Megan. I looked up at Ben. “Ready?”

“Yep.” Ben said. With that we walked into the school. Everyone, and I really mean everyone, stopped and looked at us. Sometimes I wonder about the people at this school. I mean come on, it seems pretty good knowledge that I help out guys sometimes when they’ve been dumped. Karla and I sort of made a business out of it. But yet no one seems to realize that that is what I’m doing right now.

We walked into Home Ec with people still staring at us. We sat at our table and I couldn’t help but smile, which made Ben smile. The teacher came by and did a check on the doll before moving on to the rest of the class. She then announced that we were all doing well so far before giving us work for the class.

“This is working rather brilliantly.” I said, glancing around as I sat on the hood of Ben’s car, the doll next to me and French fries in my hand. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen the news travel this fast.”

“How many times have you done this?” Ben asked.

“Here…twice.” I said. “Karla was doing it before me here.”

“What about at your other school?” Ben asked. “The one you were at before here?”

“A few times.” I said, looking at the French fries. I sighed, not really wanting to talk about it. I guess Ben picked up on that because he changed the subject…sort of.

“So what are we supposed to do?” Ben asked. “I mean…we can’t just go around, holding hands and such the whole time because I doubt that’ll accomplish much.”

“Yeah I know.” I said. “We’ll work our way up at a pace a bit faster then regular. Then at the party…”

“What party?” Ben asked.

“The Halloween party.” I said. “We’ll have to have the make-out stage perfected.”

“Are we supposed to dress up for this?” Ben asked. I nodded. “Great.”

“Don’t worry, you got me and Megan on your side.” I said. “We’ll find you a kick ass costume that you’ll like. “Should think about how we should get costumed up though.”

“Huh?” Ben asked.

“Well we could get costumes that go together like…I dunno, things that go together.” I said. “Or we could just get all mixy.”

“I vote for mixy.” Ben said. I nodded and held out a French fry to him. He smiled then surprised me by leaning forward and grabbing it with his mouth. I laughed just as the doll went off into a crying fit. I looked at Ben but he was already busying himself with something else.

“You are so mean.” I said. Ben just grinned as if he didn’t know what I was talking about. I took the doll from the carrier and tried a few things before finally it calmed down when I gave it the bottle. “God, I am no good with babies.”

“Well, like you said before, real babies are probably easier.” Ben said. He moved the French fries and hopped up next to me on the hood.

“I’d make an awful mom, I just know it.” I said.

“No you wouldn’t.” Ben said. I raised an eyebrow at him. “Ok maybe if you were to have one now then you would but maybe further on down the line…who knows.”

“Aww, you’re sweet.” I said, laughing slightly. I looked down at the doll. “Ok so with Halloween being…”

“Friday.” Ben said.

“Right yeah, we’re gonna have to go shopping today or tomorrow then.” I said. “Crap I can’t believe it’s that soon. I don’t even have a costume.”

“That could work to our advantage…could help you pick one out.” Ben said.

“True but I like being mysterious.” I said. The doll finally seemed to be full so I put it back in the car seat then finished eating the French fries. “You realize that because we have to have the make-out stage perfected by the party, we’re gonna have to practice.”

“Practice?” Ben asked. I nodded and couldn’t help but grin. Something told me this was going to be very fun.