The walked into the center and up to the front desk. "Where is Dr. Shilla's group?" Hope asked. "Down the hall to your right" the woman behind the counter said. They walked into the room and Hope signed in. Bonita sat in the guest area and took out her CD player and CDs. As she started to listen to her Mariah Carey CD the meeting started. She watched as she saw Hope get up and start to talk. As she listened to her CD she thought about Bryan and tried to imagine them at Honesty's party. She looked over and was shocked to see that Lyrc was starting to speak. She didn't even know Lyric was in the group. She started speaking and Bonita turned off her CD player. "Hi My name is Lyric Craft and I have anger problems" she started, "My anger can become very violent at times". "Do you have a story you can tell us as an example?" Dr. Shilla asked. Lyric looked over at Bonita and Bonita turned her head. "Yeah I do" Lyric said taking a deep breath, "It was two years ago and I was dating a girl named Elyssa. One day she went to a party with some girls I didn't like instead of hanging out with me. So the next day I went to her house when her aunt wasn't home and beat her up". "What happened after that?" Dr. Shilla asked writing on a note pad she had on her lap. "Well Elyssa was on bed rest for a week and she ended our relationship. I was also put in the local juvenile hall for a month" Lyric said. "If Elyssa were here today what would you say to her?' Dr. Shilla asked. "I would say that I'm sorry for hurting her and that I hope she's happy and I would ask her if we could try to be friends" Lyric said. After the meeting Hope agreed to drop Bonita off at the mall. "Just let me go talk to Dr. Shilla for a sec" Hope said. Bonita was sitting down on a wooden bench outside the center when she heard some one call her name. "Bonita?". She turned around saw it was Lyric. "Hi. I don't know if you me but, my name is Lyric" she said. "Yeah you're Elyssa's ex-girlfriend" Bonita said. "Yeah um do you know if there's anyway way I could talk to her?'; Lyric asked. "Why?" Bonita asked concerned. "I really wanna apologize to her for everything I did" Lyric said and Bonita could see the sincerity in her eyes. "Here give her this" Lyric said handing her a piece of paper. "Ok" Bonita said and Lyric walked away. "Ready to go?" Hope asked. Bonita nodded and they left. On the drive to the mall Bonita had a question she had wanted to ask Hope for a while. "Hey Hope, can I ask you something?" she asked. "Sure" Hope said, "shoot". "Have you ever been in love?" Bonita asked. She always wondered because Hope was the only girl she knew who wasn't dating or interested in anyone that she knew of. "Yeah once" Hope said, "It was with Caden's father. We had met in high school and became basically clued together. We had been dating a long time when we had Caden and then he went away to Main to see his dying grandma". "What happened when he came back?" Bonita asked. "Well he never came back" Hope said. "Then what happened?" Bonita asked hoping for a good answer. "About three weeks after he left I got a letter. In it he said that he didn't have a grandma in Main he just didn't wanna be a father and that he didn't wanna be with me anymore. He also said he had met another girl at a local bar in Main" Hope said. "Wow sorry Hope" Bonita said. "Hey the only man I need in my life is my son" Hope said. Bonita nodded in agreement and looked out the window the rest of the drive. They pulled up to the front of the mall and Bonita got out. "Need a ride back home?" Hope asked. "No Honesty will probably take me home" Bonita said and walked into the mall.

Bonita saw the girls waiting in the malls lobby area. "Hey girls" she said walking to them. "Ready to go dress shopping?" Elyssa asked. "Yeah" Bonita said. Bonita looked over and saw Honesty sitting on a bench by the malls water fountain talking to a very cute guy. He had green eyes, short black hair, and she could tell he was about six feet tall. "Who's the cutie Honesty is talking to?" Bonita asked. "His name is Liam Williams. She met him at this college fair since her dad wants her to go to college out here" Elyssa said. "Well let's go shopping so we can leave them to talk" Mackenzie said and they walked off. "Honesty this has been the best passed week getting to know you" Liam said with a smile. Honesty was very intrigued by him. "Yeah I feel the same" she said. "It's like there's so much more to you then just this rich princess of hollywood thing" Liam said. "Yeah I'm not real big on the rich girl life style. That's why I wanna go to school out here" Honesty said. "Really what school?" Liam asked. "I don't know either Sinclair or write state" Honesty said. "Very good schools" Liam said with a smile. "You hungry?" Honesty asked knowing what she had to do before things got to far with Liam. "Yeah but, as a gentleman I will pay" Liam said standing up and taking Honesty's hand to help her up. They went to a burger stand and ordered to specials and a two cokes and sat down at a table. "If a girl you were interested in had a secret no matter what it was that you need to know would you want her to tell you?" Honesty asked. "Yeah why?" Liam asked taking a drink of his coke. "There's something you really should know about me before we move to the next level or if we do" Honesty said. "What?" Liam asked. "Well" Honesty said taking a deep breath, "eighteen years ago I was born as Eric Blessings" Honesty said. "So you were born a boy?" Liam asked. "Yeah but, I became a full blown female when I was fifteen" Honesty said. They were silent for a long time. "Well I can see you need to think about everything and hopefully I'll see you again sometime" she said and walked off to find the girls. She find them on the third floor of the mall in a store that sold really pretty party dresses. "Hey girls" she said. "Hey Honesty, where's Liam?' Elyssa asked. "He's thinking I guess. I told him" she said. "Well hey why just shop for a dress to get your mind off of it" Bonita said. Honesty smiled and started looking at the dresses. She spotted a black spaghetti strap dress. At the bottom the left side was long and frilly. She knew she had to buy it. "This dress is pretty" Honesty said. "How much is it?" Elyss asked. "the tag says hundred and eighty-four dollars" Honesty said. She took the dress off the rack and went to pay for it. "You guys find any dresses yet?" Elyssa asked. "I did. Look at this dress" Bonita said. It was white with a frilly bottom. It had a black bow around it and came with a pair of elbow length black gloves. "How much?" Honesty asked. "Ninety dollars" Bonita said. "Pretty dress for that much" Honesty said.

After they shopped they started to walk out of the store. "Hey Charlotte you didn't buy a dress?" Honesty asked. "No I'll just wear a dress I already have. I'm to nervous to shop" Charlotte said. "Why?" Bonita asked. "Today is the day me and Kagen are gonna tell Ashya" she said. "I hope everything turns out ok" Mackenzie said putting her arm around Charlotte to comfort her. On the way home the girls dropped Charlotte off at Ashya's. She saw Kagen on the porch. "Ready?' he asked. "As I'll ever be?" Charlotte said. They walked inside and saw Ashya sitting on the couch. "What is this about guys?' Ashya asked. Kagen took a deep breath and sat down beside Ashya. "Well Shy we're concerned about you" Kagen said. "Why?" Ashya asked. "You've been really worried lately" Charlotte said sitting down on the couch beside Kagen. "What do you mean?" Ashya asked confused. "Well you get paranoid really easy about weird things. Like the color orange" Kagen said. "That's a bad color Kagen!" Ashya said loudly. "What's so bad about it Ashya?" Charlotte asked. "If I touch or wear anything orange a family member will die" Ashya said. "What makes you think that?" Kagen asked. "I just know it'll happen" Ashya said not looking at her brother. "Ok another example is when we leave the house or go anywhere you always have to go to the rest room before hand" Charlotte said. "Yeah and most of the time you don't have to go" Kagen said. "I told you kagen, if I don't do that I'll get sick!" Ashya said with anger in her voice. "Why?" Kagen asked. "I just will leave me alone both of you!" Ashya screamed and started pulling her hair. "Stop Shy!" Charlotte said running to her and grabbing her hands. After they got Ashya to calm dawn they had her lay down on the couch. "Ashya we think you may be sick mentally" Charlotte said petting her head. "What do you mean?" Ashya asked. "We think you have a condition called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD" Kagen said. "What's that?" Ashya asked. "Well no one knows really what causes it but, they say your brain locks some how and unless you do things over and over and avoid like numbers and colors bad things will happen" Charlotte said. "I think we should talk to Mom and get you checked out" Kagen said. "Ok but, can I sleep for a while" Ashya said. "Yeah" Kagen said. After Ashya fell asleep Kagen and Charlotte walked outside. "I guess I better get home. It's getting late" Charlotte said. "Hey Care, do you have a date to Honesty's party tomorrow night?" Kagen asked. "No so far I'm going solo" she said hoping he was gonna ask her if he could be her date. "I was wondering I don't have anything to do tomorrow so if you want me to go I can" Kagen said looking down at the ground. "Ok sure" Charlotte said. "Ok well see you tomorrow then" he said and went inside the house. When she got home she saw Mercedes sitting on the couch watching TV. "Hey. Where is everyone?" she asked taking her coat off. "La'Nita is asleep and Mom took Andrew with her over to the Anderson ranch to play cards and Miracle in over there in her play pen listening to her little baby radio thingy" Mercedes said. "Ok I'm gonna go take a bath and then go to bed" Charlotte said and went upstairs. Mercedes went into the kitchen to finish the dishes. Just as she finished putting the dishes in the dish washer the doorbell rang. She started the dish washer and went to see who was at the door. She looked through the peep whole and saw that it was Chris. She opened the door and let him in. "We need to talk Sadie" he said. "Yes we do" Mercedes said. "First off I'm very sorry for the hurt of caused" he said. "I don't understand how you can hurt me like that and your daughter. We don't deserve it" Mercedes said with a little anger in her voice. "I know. It's just when I found out about the baby's condition it scared me" he said. "Why would it scare you?" she asked. "Because I'm impaired myself I was afraid I wouldn't be able to take care of a child" Chris said. "Chris, Miracle has two parents and you're gonna be a great father. You just gotta want to be a father" Mercedes said taking his hand. "I wanna be there for our daughter" Chris said, Mercedes smiled and kissed him. The next night at Honesty's party everyone was having a ball. Elyssa, Mackenzie, Bonita, and Bryan were sitting at a table resting from all the dancing they had been doing. "Oh hey I forgot to give you this" Bonita said handing Elyssa the piece of paper Lyric gave her the day before. "Elyssa opened it. "It's a number" she said. "Yeah. Lyric told me to give it to you" Bonita said. "You gonna call her?" Mackenzie asked. "I'm not even worried about it right now. Let's dance again guys" Elyssa said and they all hit the dance floor again. Charlotte and Kagen got there and joined the others on the dance floor. "Hey looking handsome Kagen" Bonita said. "Thanks" he said. Honesty was sitting in the area where they played the music with her dad. "Ready for the boys to come out?" Robby asked. "Yeah" Honesty said grabbing a mic and walking into the middle of the dance floor. Her dad cut off the music. "Ok first is everybody having a good time?" she asked. The crowd exploded in applauds. "Ok well I want everyone to sit down for a minute please" she said as everyone took a seat. "Ok before I make my surprise announcement I want my V.I.P.s to come to the floor with their dates" Honesty said. Elyssa and Mackenzie, Bonita and Bryan, and Charlotte and Kagen went to stand with Honesty. "Ok is everyone ready for my surprise?" Honesty asked and again the crowd exploded in cheers. "Well then without further ado please welcome the sexiest boy band 2Qute!' Honesty said as the boys came out on the floor and started performing. The crowd got up and started dancing again. "Hey Charlotte want a dance with Sonico?" Honesty asked. Charlotte looked at Kagen. "No I have a date" she said. "You go girl" Honesty teased as Charlotte went to dance with Kagen. Honesty stayed on the floor until the boys were done performing. "Ok now that the four hottest boys around performed for us dj play some slow songs for our couples here tonight and yes this is a couples dance" Honesty said as the dj played I Swear by All-4-One. "Bryan that's our song" Bonita said as they started to dance. "May I have this dance?" Honesty heard someone ask. She turned around and it was Liam. "Sure" she said taking his hand. "I didn't think I'd ever see you again" Honesty said. "I thought about what you said and it doesn't matter what's in the past. Now you are a beautiful girl and I'd be honored to be your boyfriend" Liam said. "Honesty smiled and kissed Liam.

The End.