A/N: Hey readers! So, This chapter is very, very long, just a warning, and they will all be this long as another warning, because my friend and I are actually looking to get this story published if enough people like it on here, so really, Reviews would be awesome.

Also! because it's so long, i dont know what happened, but if something doesnt make sense, tell me, because fictionpress like, deleted some of the words...i think i fixed everything, but if not, let me know, okay?

Theme song for this story is: In The Middle by Jimmy Eat World

And, this story is also written by my friend Angel, she of course writes, Angel's point of view. I think her Story is titled, Sister From Another Mister- Angel. or something like that. But she really is a telented write, so go look her up too! Her Username is DeviantlyMental .

Chapter One – That one guy.

It is so, so, so, flipping hot outside today.

It’s stupid I mean it is February. It is still supposed to be winter, why is it so freaking hot? Its not humid its dry hot, the kind that makes your mouth dry like five minutes after leaving the house so you want to turn back around and get a bottle of water or just stay on days like this I wish I was home, or I wish I had a pool, or you know I just wish that I had swimming in P.E right now instead of in December. I would have killed to have the weight training class then because it’s back to what I said before, why is it so hot! It’s February! It isn’t supposed to be this hot until like June when school lets out! But no, we have to get a sudden heat wave now, and if temperatures don’t drop back to what they are supposed to be, can you imagine what it will be like in June? We’ll take one step outside and we will melt like army men or maybe more like crayons left in the sun too long, or, or maybe better yet, we’ll melt like ice something like that, we’re all just going to end up dying if this heat doesn’t let up soon. Wow, don’t I have such positive thinking?

My friend Amanda caught up with me as I was heading back to the locker rooms to was one of those, everybody-loves-me-without-me-knowing-it type of girls. She was very tall, I used to think I was tall, standing at a nice 5’6 ½ but she is like 5’9. I used to make people feel short, but now I’m the one who feels short standing next to could be really pretty if she just took sometime to look in the mirror. Well, its not that she is a total mess, its just that she has purple corduroy pants and she thinks they are cool. And she has a small unibrow that she could just pluck to make her face look better. I am not trying to be mean, I am being truthful. Haven’t you ever had a friend who had potential to be really pretty just didn’t know how to use that potential? Well that friend to me is Amanada. She has dirty blonde hair and she just got off her braces so she has a real nice smile. She has big brown eyes and if she wore some eyeliner it would bring her eyes out even more, and I mean this is coming from me. Me as in a girl who doesn’t particularly care what other people think of her.

Well, I care but just not as much as most people. You know? I mean I like to look nice, there’s always someone we want to look nice for…. But you know, last year I wore my hair up in a ponytail every single day, wore baggy clothes and borrowed my brothers sweaters, and I honestly didn’t give a crap if people thought I was hot or not. But this year, you know I’m a bit more, well I care a bit more, and that was just a phase. This year, I wore more girly clothing I guess you could say, but I still can’t seem to completely drop the skater look I had last year. Even though I fail horribly at skating, I'd fallen down enough times to realize it really just wasn't my thing. But hey, at least I'd tried, right?

Amanda began to talk to me about the class she had next. She was freaking out because she had a test in her Chemistry class and though she is close to a four-point oh student she still freaks about stuff she know she can do.“I know I am going to fail. I know it.” She was saying.“Oh my goodness Amanda, you are such a worry wart. You are crazy smart you can ace this easily and you know it.”

“What ever Lindsey.”

I rolled my eyes grateful to reach the locker room, Amanda could being annoying at times like this, constantly doubting her self. I got changed and stopped by the mirror to fix my hair. Fixed my bangs retied my ponytail. Made a few faces. And satisfied with my look I headed out of the locker room. My friend Emma was standing with man…. I thought Amanda was tall. Emma is like six feet. She is crazy tall. But she is very cool. She likes all the bands I’m into and stuff like ’re similar, but its nothing that can even compare with me and my friend Angel.

Angel and I are inseparable. She is a junior and I’m a sophomore, but we are super tight. Speaking of Angel, I could see her waiting outside the gate that kept us from leaving our P.E period until the class bell rang. She was leaning against a wall in the shade all five feet of her. Angel is very short, I feel like a giant next to her. But anyways, she had in her earphones and was tapping her foot, looking up at the sky.

I rolled my eyes but couldnt stop the smile that spread across my lips. Angel was cutting again….

Angel has very, very long black shiny hair. She is only five feet tall so I guess it makes her hair look longer too. She has dark brown eyes and always seems to have a mischievous smirk on her face. She has a hyperactive imagination, but I guess I do too. We tend refer to each other as ‘Sister from another mister’. It’s pretty funny, because sometimes that’s what it seems like. Even though there are many quite obvious differences between us. I’m white and she is Asian and I’m standing at 5’6 or so and she is boardering the 5 foot line.

the bell rang. And as always I waited for the crowd to clear before leaving. Angel was still waiting for me. We always headed over the same spot for lunch everyday; our other friends meet us there. I walked slowly, taking my time, I was wondering if she was getting impatient with me. Angel has a short fuse sometimes. I think I was right. She was standing their hands on her hips and tapping her foot a scowl on her face.

“Hi there Angel.” I said and smiled innocently.

“Gosh, Takes you forever!” She said, turning and beginning to walk away.

“Maybe if you didn’t skip the end of class all the time you wouldn’t have to wait for me.”

“Here I was trying to be nice!” she said. "Waiting for you and all, jeez, this is the thanks I get?" She said sarcastically.

“Whatever lady.” We both laughed. “So why’d you cut today?” I asked.

She shrugged. “I was later than I thought to school.”

“So you skipped the entire first four periods?” I asked in disbelief.

She grinned manically.“Wow Angel wow. Such a bad ass.”

She laughed. “I’m not a bad ass you’re just a goody-two-shoes.”

“Me?” She thought for a moment. “Maybe not a goody-two-shoes, but you’ve much to learn my apprentice.” She said attempting (and failing horribly) at a Jedi voice.“Sure I do, you can be sure, I will be super bad next year.” I said grinning.

She laughed.“Sure you will.” I got in trouble sometimes. The occasional ‘go to the principal’s office’ sort of thing, scolding, you know things like that. I didn’t have a reputation for being bad, but neither did Angel. Well, scratch that, let’s just say her record was a bit worse than was mine, or alot.

At lunch we stood around because there is no table where we hang out; well there is but is inhabited by hot guys…. Which I tried my best not to stare at…but sometimes couldn’t help myself and snuck a peek over at them before Angel caught me and told me not to stare because it wasn't polite, my response was always, "Like you know anything at all about being polite."

Our other friends met us there. The usual possy of people. Christine, Jessica, Michelle, Ashley, and a few others sometimes. They were our usual. Every once in a while new friends would join as well.

Angel is a junior while I am merely a sophomore. People get us confused because of our heights…. They would expect me the junior and Angel the sophomore. She got angry when people did this. And Angel was not at all taken advantage of because she was vertically challenged…. More like other people knew she would rearrange your face if you said anything.

She wasn’t afraid to get in a fight, but me, me on the other hand even with my blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do, I'm pretty pathetic. I was against the fighting kind of stuff like that, I’d never raise a fist to anyone unless it was a completely desperate situation. Angel on the other hand has been in her fair share of disputes.

Which brings us back to earlier, the topic that Angel skipped her first four periods. I was wondering where she was a break…. But she probably stayed late at practice, because it is before school, she often gets carried away and forgets the time and she doesn’t necessarily use a watch while she is practicing judo….So I figured that was it. Nothing new. In fact that’s what she was telling me right now. That she forgot to set the alarm on her phone that she was supposed to but forgot too….

“Excuses, excuses, what am I to do with you? Throw you into the lions den I shall.” I said with a British accent. She laughed.“So what are we doing now?” I asked as we walked off the campus, school had just ended thank God. It was too hot today, and like I said before it was FREAKING February! I was looking forward to going home and hanging out with my friend the air conditioner, but Angel apparently had other plans. And as always I was being included in them whether I wanted to be or not.

I took a deep breath and sighed as she pulled me off the school campus away from the bus stop. “Angel, My bus is about to leave, why don’t you just come to my house and chill where it is nice and cool?”

“Because….”

“Because?” I said, "because isn't an answer."

“Because I have something better for us to do right now.”

I sighed again. Freaking Angel. We were probably not even going to do anything important.

“Just so you know it is important.” She said with a smirk. How did she know I was thinking that? Huh? I am telling you there is something wrong with this girl. Sometimes she can be so freaking psychic.

“I can read your brain….” She said.

I laughed. “Okay Angel Okay….”

As we walked to wherever she was taking me I saw was that one guy…. That one guy that everyone had in common.

Let me explain what I mean by that.

His name is Garret Scholl's.

In elementary school and middle school, he was kind of a dork. (Personally, I’d always found him cute). He had one best friend, as he was shy. Well, he is in Angel’s grade, eleventh, so from what I saw of him and what Angel told me that’s what I knew.

In his eighth grade summer, my seventh, he apparently went over to New Jersey for vacation, no one saw him all summer long until the first day of school next year. And I saw him, when I did I had to ask Angel who it was.

Garret had come back transformed. A full blown transformation at that. He had come back suddenly handsome, suddenly perfect. Flawless, amazing, and any other word to describe someone like him. I couldn’t believe that was him and I was immediately in love with him.

But then he started to date Taylor Andrews…. The head cheerleader. She is not to friendly so it didn’t surprise me they didn’t last long. But after his sudden popularity growth he went back to his old friends and self, just not the dorky part of himself. But because he went back to his old friends and everything, no one knew exactly where to put him. They had all gone their seperate ways which pretty much divided Garret up between them.

He didn’t necessarily fit in with the popular preps, but he could chill with them if he wanted too. He had more of the skater look and he was great at skating so he could hang with them if he wanted to as well. The nerds and dorks also took a liking to him since he never made fun of them or humiliated them or beat them up for that matter, he played their games sometimes, like game boys and other things.

But what really kind of set him apart was his best . Dietrich Kinston. He was tall. Very I am by no means exaggerating. While Garret towers over people at his proud 6’1, Dietrich is close to 6’5.

Something had happened to Dietrich over that summer as well. Dietrich had also left the beautiful state if California for the summer too. But he didn’t go with Garret to New Jersey, he went to England apparently, to visit his relatives and things like that. But he came back all handsome and insanely hot as well. (But to me Garret was still hotter.) He also came back with a slight accent, that girls just about died for here. Dietrich has red hair, but not the carrot-top orange, more like a deep auburn color. And his eyes were a greenish blue color and Angel would never admit this, but I knew she liked to stare into them. She would kill me for even accusing her of that though, how such evil could be contained in such a small person was beyond me, far beyond me.

But yes, Dietrich Kingston was Garret Scholl’s best friend. And this may not seem weird that two totally beautiful boys were best friends, but it was weird considering Garret was the guy everyone loved and Dietrich was more or less the guy everyone feared.

He was head of his class, Valevictorian. And since, well, his family had connections he was also like the president of the rest of the school. Angel called him an evil dictator and she knew that when he ruled the world, she would be the first on his list that he put to death. The idea made me laugh hysterically. Dietrich had a reputation for handing out the following: ass kicking’s and detentions and also suspensions. Since he was the class president the teachers, for some odd reason, gave him this authority. Well, I think it’s because his father donated quite a large amount of cash to the school in its time of need and so, they gave Dietrich power and authority and didn't want to get on his bad side because of his father. But the punishments he gave out sometimes weren’t according to the school rules. But Garret on the other hand was the typical trickster with tall-tale stories to make you laugh. Hey, opposites attract.

I watched them from across the street. They were walking the same direction as us. Dietrich’s hands were in his pocket. And Garret was holding his skateboard his other hand hanging at his side. Garret was laughing his head tossed back and Dietrich was shaking his head, and then Garret turned his head and apparently he looked over at us. I saw him and smiled he smiled back. Dietrich was also looking over here and I saw Angel, she was glaring at him. Like a cat on a fence hissing at the dog watching I shook my head, Angel had stopped to glare at him. I pushed her from behind so she would move.

“C’mon where are we going?” I asked again.“Oh yeah!” She said, “We are going to ice cream parlor!”

“The ice cream parlor…?”“Yes.” She said walking ahead of me. I shook my head. “Why are we going there?”

“Because we are getting jobs!” She said excitedly.

“Wow, you want to work? That’s a first.”

“Shut up!”We found the ice cream parlor finally, Angel and I were hopeless with directions or at least I was, she only was when she was in her own world, but I was in my own world constantly I guess. You either entered my world or I don’t know…didn’t talk to me.

Anyways, we walked in, or I did at least. Angel sort of pushed the door open and barged in. I walked in calmly.

“Angel, if you want a job, maybe I should talk. And ask for applications.”

“Why?”

“Oh, umm…I don’t know, it may have something to do with the fact I am slightly taller and a bit more I don’t know…I'm a bit more charming...?” She glowered at me. I smiled and walked up to the cash register. The guy manning it turned around and smiled.

“Hey there,” he said. “How can I help you?” And to my surprise this boy was very cute.

“Um… Hey. I was wondering if maybe I could get a job application for myself and my friend over there.” I motioned to Angel who was taking a seat at one of the tables.

“Yeah! Sure, we were actually about to put out a sign saying we are ready to hire.” He said smiling widely.

“Wow that’s great, so we beat the rush.” I returned a smile.“Here let me go find some, but here, can I get you something while I go find them?”

“Sure, I’ll have a banana spilt”

“Okay, those are our specialties here.” He said with a grin. “I know, got to love the classics.”

“I know right? So, let me get the banana split and then I’ll get the applications okay?”

“Sounds good.” I smiled and turned away joining Angel at the table. She was wearing a smirk.

“You and the ice cream boy over there are into each other.” She said. I looked back over at him. He was pretty cute. Nice smile, thick black locks and nice tan skin. Pretty cute. I looked back at Angel, “Shut up.”

But just then the two from earlier came in. Garret and Dietrich. Dietrich in all his bad ass-ness, and Garret in all his skater boy beautiful glory. I swear I could stare at this boy forever. The ice cream man was cute but nothing compared to this skater boy in his, his, his beautifulness. I guess, ha I don’t know Garret is like, beyond words to me. Jeez, I sound sappy, and I don’t even know him really, just in love with his looks I guess.

They sat down across the parlor and I was trying to distract Angel from him, but I wasn’t working to well…The ice cream boy came over and said, “there you go!”

“Oh wow, this looks great!” I said currently distracted by the beautiful feast of ice cream in front of me.

“Special for you.” He said, I smiled up at him and he was gleaming, now I wasn’t trying to be conceited or anything, whatever you want to call it, but it was so obvious this boy was into me. It might help when turning in the application though. And so on an impulse, I winked at him, he grinned before turning slowly to walk away.

Angel was glaring at me for some reason unknown to me, but I guessed I would find out soon enough. It couldn’t be for flirting with the ice cream boy, could it? She was the one who was always telling me to be more out there!

I took a bite of the ice cram before me and closed my eyes as I sunk into total bliss. Maybe I should be more aware of my facial expressions because when I looked back at Angel from the ice cream in front of me after taking a bit, she was laughing very hard.

“You look like the ice cream just totally swept you off your feet and took you into a little place called heaven.” She was laughing.

“What ever, this banana spilt is the best thing I ever had!”And that is when I heard laughter I did not recognize.

I looked to my left, no one was here besides me and Angel and… oh…my… God. Garret was laughing at me. I looked over to him and he was looking at me and he was laughing. Great, just great, right? I swear I felt my face light up on fire. The blush was creeping up into my cheeks, and once it started, there was no stopping it.

Angel noticed, as grinned but stole my spoon and took a bite of my little peace of heaven. “Man this is good.” She said with another bite.

“Hey! That’s my little piece of heaven! Don’t steal it all away…it’s all I have…” I said in a dreary voice, like a person who was about to lose their most prized possession.

I had forgotten about the boy inside the parlor because of Angel, for the moment, but I was reminded of him once again and he was now laughing again… and to my dismay…it was at me…But the ice cream boy returned just in time to distract me once more. I looked at him again; he really wasn’t all too bad. I got to look at his eyes this time, not too shabby. If we worked here I might just like it.

“Here you go.” He said.

I smiled, “Thanks a bunch. We’ll fill them out now and give ‘em to you in a few.”

“Sounds great, I’m Jared by the way.” He said.

“Lindsey.” I said taking his hand that he had extended to me for a shake. He smiled brightly.“Nice to meet you.” He said.

And then Angel coughed breaking our moment…. freaking had that evil grin on her face, one that was there often. I knew why, she thought it was hilarious that Garret was laughing at me. Whom I didn’t hear laughing anymore, I glanced back over in that direction he was still sitting there with Dietrich just kind of looking over here. I was overly embarrassed at the moment so I turned away quickly.“Lets just fill out the applications…” I mumbled and grabbed a pen out of my bag. Angel continued to laugh at my I tuned her out and turned my full focus on the application, since that embarrassing moment probably ruined all chances I ever had with Garret and will have ever since I ruined my chances that probably never existed with Garret I could get with the ice cream boy… it was too bad cause Garret was the best looking guy I had probably ever seen.

I mean come on, who wouldn’t fall for his thick brown locks of hair and his deep brown eyes that you could stare into forever, along with that devilish grin he wore so often and the beautiful smile that spread across his lips. And we can’t forget the flawless skin he possessed, which was more than I could say for a lot of the guys at our , I am such a sap. I don’t think I’ve ever been so obsessed with a guy before, or wait…there was this one time…. I had just found out about this new band and I was looking at their pictures and I fell head over heals into an infatuation with the guitarist/ back up singer. He, next to Garret, was the hottest man on earth. The guitarists name was Jason by the way.

Name – Lindsey Chase

Date of Birth – September 7th

Have you ever been convicted of a crime? - No…I don’t think so…

But I as I filled out my application I realized Angel was still eating my ice cream. I grabbed my spoon from her hands and threw it at her. “Stop eating my heaven!” I yelled and grabbed her spoon and threw it at her.

And then again…there was a loud laughter that caught me off guard and made me …I was going to kill her, she could have reminded me Garret was there before letting me make a fool out of myself again! I was going kill her, horribly, mangle, splatter her guts everywhere! She was going to die! Man that was a morbid thought.

“Hey, violence is not good for you, didn’t I teach you that!” She shouted at me. I grabbed my bowl of ice cream and raised it.

“H-Hey! Don’t throw that! Your heaven will go to waste!” Angel got up and backed away from me, she was trying to reason with me, but I, and I was far beyond reasoning right now. Angel gave a nervous laugh as I readied the ice cream. But she dashed off and the little…. She hid behind Garret. Who happened to be standing at the counter waiting for his own bowl of ice cream.

“T-That’s not fair Angel!”

“Nyaa,” she made a weird noise “Whatcha going to do about it Lindsey?” Angel teased.

Garret chuckled slightly and I folded my arms and came out from behind Garret totally forgetting the bowl was still in my hand. But then Garret spoke, “Man, thought I was a goner there.” I could feel a blush creeping into my cheeks.

But then I saw Angel smirk I took advantage of this chance where she was openly waiting for an attack, with out even knowing I connected my bowl of ice cream, my heaven with her face. There was a moment of silence in my head for the loss of my frozen desert, but the stunned look on Angel’s face the moment where I shared laughter with Garret was definitely worth probably didn’t mind getting ice cream in the face because she was in pure ecstasy licking it off her face until Jared, ice cream boy, came and gave her a towel. But I was about to die.

After Garret had invited us over to his table and Angel had accepted the offer. But only because she obviously didn’t know that Dietrich was here the little…. person (I will not say the word) Made me sit across from Garret. I was so quiet, I didn’t know what to say, I was madly in love with this guy and here he was, sitting across from me with a bowl of ice cream in front of him, ready to make small talk.

“Hey Gary, what’s up?” she said cheerfully.

“Nothing much, so…what brings you two here?” He asked casually.

I was too embarrassed by my actions early to speak. And yet here he was speaking casual with my best friend, well I guess that’s because they are partners in P.E, but maybe it’s cause neither of them are then Angel kicked me. Hard. In the shin.

“Ow!” Garret and Dietrich looked at me strangely, I glared at her, but her message was clear from the stern look she gave me. She had accepted his invitation so I could speak with him, I hadn’t planned on it, but I didn’t want to risk another kick in the shin. When I looked at Garret he seemed surprised, and so yet again I had embarrassed my self in front of my love because Angel forgot to remind him he was there. Gosh! Me and all my freaking outbursts! Geez, I could just about die right now, but I didn’t want to get kicked again so I spoke up.

“S-So… how are you doing?” I managed to stutter out.

“Everything has been going great, what about you?” He replied after blinking at me a few times and smiling very amused. Wow this was great, I was ruining this, he thought I was a dork, a loser, an idiot and anything else in that category, I could tell, he didn’t like me, he was just being polite.

"O-oh, you know…fine. I guess….” I shrugged trying to seem casual, but I kept my eyes on my hands that’s were idly wrapping around my wrists and then letting go, repeating the process. “That’s cool. I’m Garret by the way.” He said extending his hand out to me. “I don’t think I have ever met you.”

“Oh, yeah…. You’re that one guy.” I said, wow I felt very stupid right then. That’s how I talked with everyone else not the current love of my life. Still, I couldn’t just leave his hand there, so I extended my own and shook his hand. It was rough, and big, just like I imagine it would be. Then he laughed, “Yes, I am that one guy. But who are you?”

I knew, I knew I was blushing right now because I realized I should have given my name earlier instead of saying that.“I’m Lindsey.”

"Oh? You’re that one girl that Angel talks of in P.E, she tells me about all the adventures you two go on. Seems like I was just part of one.” I gave a nervous laugh, what exactly did Angel tell Garret in P.E? If she talked about me with him, what topics did she tell him about?

“T-that’s me I guess.” He looked amused… again, and my God I never got tired of his face. I met his big brown eyes for the first time I smiled a little bit I couldn’t help it. He was just so, I don’t even know how to describe then, Jared came over.

“Hey.” He said. Garret acknowledged him with a ‘hey’ it seemed like they knew each other. But then Jared turned his attention to me.“Hey, the manager wants to speak with you.” He said with a smile.

“Did you apply for a job here?” Garret asked me. I nodded. “Yeah, it was Angel’s idea.”

“Angel wants to work?” He asked in disbelief.

“That’s a first.” I laughed. “Yeah that was my reaction too.”

Angel who had seemed to disappear came back into the conversation, “Hey! That’s not nice!”

“No one cares Angel,” I said getting up, Garret laughed again. “Wow, Angel doesn’t normally let people speak with her like that.”

“I’m special.” I said and smiled at him before walking back with Jared to the manager’s office, followed by Angel. That last part was surprising, I’d just, talked like a normal person. But now I figured I was going to have to settle for Jared, because Garret thought I was dumb, and he would never want someone like me. Fair enough. I was average, he was far above it.

Still! It wasn’t fair though; Angel had brought me over to his table off guard. I hadn’t intended on talking with him right then, or ever for that matter, I had always just wanted to admire from afar, but no. Angel would not allow that. She would not allow me to sit back and the quiet girl I oh-so wanted to be at times, freaking Angel had to make have outbursts and make be loud and sometimes obnoxious. But it was Angel, and Angel was Angel, my best friend, my sister from another mister and I loved her.

I suddenly realized I knew nothing about this place though. I didn’t even know the name, I had never been here before, and they weren’t going to hire me. I didn’t blame them; I was a klutz and would probably scare off customers.I might as well just give up on everything. I was suddenly so down. I had acted so dumb in front of him, Garret. I had been so… so not cool.I must have had a look of despair on my face cause Angel was noticing something. She seemed suspicious of something, maybe because I wasn’t squealing and telling her great the conversation had been, more like what a disaster it had been.“What happened to you?” She asked.

I took a deep breath but I was ready to speak of this matter with my best friend. She would know what to tell me.“I screwed up. Big time, like mega screwed up here. Didn’t you hear our conversation? I was so stupid when I was talking with him…”I saw Jared look back at us, but Angel waved him off, which was not polite, I could have pulled it together and just went ahead and chatted it up with him, but no, Angel wanted to give me a pep talk, so she patted my back, and so I decided to let her feel special and give me one of her cheep-up talks. So I told her few of the many reasons I screwed up in the conversation. I told her about saying “Your that one guy…” and a few other things, stuttering, but I always stutter, well not always, just when I’m nervous.. And Garret sure as hell made me nervous! I mean my goodness! What girl wouldn’t, (besides Angel…or some super popular pretty cheerleader chick. I hate them….) But this was Garret I know I have described him repeatedly and you may be getting annoyed with my little infatuation with this boy, but I cant tell you enough. He is just so…indescribable; every time I try I can’t capture him with words. And now, can I just add how dreamy his voice is? I mean its so seductive without trying to be, its deep but still has the teenager in it, the cute little charm and it flowed out so fluently his speech wasn’t choppy and he didn’t stutter….

Why would he its not like he would get nervous in front of me. Or anyone for that matter, at least I can’t picture him doing what I had done. Stuttering and blushing, getting all nervous and fidgety and trying to avoid eye contact and laughing nervously. He would never worry about something like making a fool out of himself because he couldn’t. He was just to insanely hot and awesome to make a fool out of himself.

But Angel was there, so she knew all this already, she just wanted me to relay my misery to her, she was just evil like that sometimes. “Listen Lindsey, you didn’t screw up you only showed him that you’re a lot of fun!” Angel tried to console me, but I was far beyond counseling at this point, but she didn’t have to know that. So I paused and waited for her continuation.

She took a deep breath and sighed. I could only imagine what positive words she would tell me next, what happy thoughts she would tell me to think and what I would have to go along with to make her happy.“Ok, to put it simply, you didn’t screw up! Stop putting yourself down like that…at least have a bit more confidence in yourself! I’m not saying you should become more conceited or not have insecurities, I’m just saying…give more credit to yourself!” She said with enthusiasm, waiting for it to rub off on me.“Plus, Gary’s a cool guy…he’s not going to judge you by something like that, in fact he might like that you know? I mean, he is a funny guy so…just, don’t worry about it and don’t give up yet!” she was trying hard to cheer me up so the least let her know it was working, or at least pretend it was working, I don’t like it when she worries about me.

I smiled at her and said: “Wow Angel, never knew you could be so deep.”

She gave me a grin; I had a feeling something was going to come next, something that may not be appropriate….“Wow Lindsey…no matter how you say it…that sounds so dirty.” She said, my jaw dropped.

“Angel! You are so perverted!”

We both laughed. Now that right there did actually cheer me up, Angel had a sometimes-perverted sense of humor but it was never too nasty and always funny.

I had a feeling Jared had been listening to our conversation seeing as he kind of looked back at us with a strange look of misunderstanding on his face. So I smiled at Angel and decided to go talk with the new person I had to settle for.

“It’s…its Santa Clause!” Angel suddenly exclaimed. I was so out of it lost in thought for the moment, I had discontinued my conversation with Jared for the moment. So I was a bit surprised at this outburst. But then I looked at the man in the chair before us. And he did bare a very striking resemblance to Santa ClauseThe man gave us a certain look but smiled and laughed as if he was used to being called Santa Clause. For some reason the whole place seemed jollier I guess you could say, this guy reminded me of what someone’s grandfather might be like.

“I have been called quite a few names before, but I don’t think I have ever been called that.” He paused for a moment. “Okay, maybe I have been called that.” The man laughed heartily.“I’m Albert Winchester. It is a pleasure to meet you little miss, might I ask your name?” He said politely.

And Angel gave him her trademark grin.“Angel,” she said. “Nice to meet you Santa!” She said, he took a step forward. “I hope we work very well together.” He said and tapped Angel on the nose. She blinked a few times in shock of his actions, but then she showed her trademark again. I was rather amused at the sight before me.“I like your grin, kid,” he said to Angel, “tells me there’s more to you than meets the eye.”

But then he seemed to notice me and my amusement faded as he turned his attention to me. “And may I ask the name of this young lady?” he said. I shook the hand, which he had extended out to me.“I’m Lindsey, nice to meet you.” I said politely trying to make a good impression, as I would really like to work Winchester was a jolly old man, (man that sounds like a Christmas carol) from appearance. He was fat and his face was always a bright pink we would come to learn.

“Well, it’s a pleasure to meet such a pretty young girl,” eh, not exactly what I would have told me, it would have been something along the lines of “Man, you are such an idiot, go die.” But it was always nice to get compliments, especially from a jolly old man who reminded me of either someone’s grandfather or as Angel had said ‘Santa Clause’.

Albert continued what he was saying before, “So tell me girls…when can the two of you start working?”

I blinked at him in disbelief. He was just going to let us work here like that? Wow this old man was pretty cool, but apparently I had asked that question out loud with out realizing it.I looked down at Angel, who shrugged. So I smiled. This was going to be fun, I was getting to work here at a cool little ice cream parlor, whose name I still did not know…. But I would also going to get to work with Jared. I was still sad about the fact that I would not be able to even talk with Garret without being so totally embarrassed about the last situation, that I would simply humiliate myself again and then the process would start over, thus resulting in my decision to never talk to him again, no matter how much Angel would kill me for it, or kick me in the shin, I would remain silent.“Well I guess we can begin to work anytime sir” I answered. And then Albert put his hands on his hips and let out another laugh. Except this one was not as the other ones had been this was booming and it seemed to shake the walls around us, I swear I felt the ground shake and the picture frame on his desk falling down was not just a coincidence.

“Son, get two schedules for the lovely young ladies here, they will begin tomorrow.”

“Right away sir.” Jared said, he grinned at me and winked before heading out of the office.I looked down at Angel who was smiling, grinning like a Cheshire cat from ear to ear. I grinned back. This was awesome.

I mean this might be a little weird of him, you know hiring us at first glance, but hey we all did things that weren’t too smart right? I mean I could think of something I did that wasn’t to o smart that took place only a few minutes before, maybe you remember, it had to do with Garret and throwing a spoon at Angel and silly little things like that…As we left the office I hoped that Garret was gone, and Dietrich too.

Speaking of Dietrich he had seemed to disappear, I know he was at the table with us when I was making a fool out of myself, but he was just so silent I had completely forgotten he was there. I looked over at Garret; he was looking at me as well. I hated this, I couldn’t do it, and I hated being the way I was so badly. I messed everything up, this had been my one chance with Garret, probably the only chance I was ever going to get and I had screwed it up royally. Well, I guess there is no point crying over spilled milk, but Garret wasn’t milk, he was like a milkshake from the best of the best, like a million dollar milkshake. Ah, that’s a kind of weird thing to say, but I said it. What now?

Jared had decided to pick up our conversation where we had left off when we went in the office, he was talking animatedly to me and he seemed rather excited we were now working here.I noticed though, that Angel was walking behind us her hands behind her head but she was eyeing Jared suspiciously, she didn’t seem to fond of him and my talking to him didn’t seem like it was sitting to well with her.

As soon as we got back into the parlor I saw Angel tense up a bit, her eyes on the one person she really probably didn’t want to see right now. Dietrich Kingston. He was standing with Garret. I tried not to look at him, but my eyes as always were drawn to stopped in her tracks, she was getting ready to run, I could tell. But I didn’t have to grab her by the collar as I was going too, because Dietrich beat me to it. I couldn’t help mentally grinning, this couple would be way too cute.

Jared smiled at me before saying that he was off now and he would see us tomorrow and the usual I- cant-wait-to-work-with-you thing being said. He went back towards the office but instead passed the door we had entered and disappeared behind a corner further down the hall.

I now turned my attention back to the scene in front of me that would prove itself rather amusing, and being so distracted by this I did now notice when or how Garret was now standing next to me a smirk spread wide across his face and his arms crossed against his chest. I looked up at him and he laughed, “your friend Angel is quite the bundle of amusement huh?” I laughed and nodded.

“You never get bored with her around.”

He smiled, “ I know, she is pretty interesting in P.E.,” he said.

I smiled and watched the scene in front of me.“I can only imagine.” I said. I only turned away from his brown eyes that were as deep as the ocean cause I didn’t want him to see the blush creeping into my cheeks, just from being smiled at. Gosh, freaking boy! Why didn’t he have any idea what he was doing to me?

But then, then I realized I hadn’t stuttered or skipped a word or anything, I was doing good, for now at least. I caught Angel’s glare, she was obviously waiting for me to interfere, but oh, I didn’t plan too, this was far too amusing.

“How are you going to pay for skipping four periods in a row Yang?” he asked, in a deep husky tone of voice.

“Oh…heh, heh…well, I’m a little broke at the moment,” she said, “ Cant I just give you an IOU?”

The smirk on three faces widened at her statement, mine, Garrets and most definitely Dietrich’s.

“Ha, you’re funny Yang. Let’s just say a three day suspension and a week of detention yeah?” he asked, and I have to say I was a little surprised, that was a pretty harsh punishment for cutting class. And I mean, it was a common thing, happened every day and Angel didn’t do this everyday, it just seemed like Dietrich had it out for her. I was pretty sure he did.

“Ha, ha, ha, very funny Dietrich, now…could you um… let go of my collar?” She asked, but he didn’t in fact it seemed as though his grip may have tightened. Seeing this I was about ready to step in and come to her defense, I was going to take partial blame because Dietrich had always kind of liked me more than other people for some reason, he was just never as cruel to me as he was to most other people. I'd asked him why once. He said it was cause my eyes were too childlike to be mean to. And in response, he'd asked why Angel was my best friend.

But anyways, what Angel did next made my eyes widen and my mouth drop. But my eyes readjusted quickly and my mouth closed, I knew this was coming, deep down I knew she was going to end up doing this to Dietrich Kingston. If she had one person she could use her new moves on the person of choice would be Dietrich.

But Garret’s jaw dropped and eyes widened insanely. That was all I could say. Angel had just flipped this boy who has probably a whole foot if not maybe more taller than her. She had flipped him. She had grabbed his arm that was holding on to her and pulled it over her head and slipped her leg in front of his, then moved her body directly under his and pushed him up then flipped him over on his back, of course it was much faster that my step by step description.

I let out a sigh and said, “I knew she going to do that.” I was shaking my head while Garret was currently flipping out at the scene in front of him.“Y-you just flipped him! Dietrich of all people, I can’t even beat him at a game of goldfish! A-and you! You flip him on his back!” Garret was gaping at this. But it was really no surprise to me… and apparently Jared had been watching the situation as well.“Are you sure she’s normal?” he asked me, pointing his finger at Angel.

Angel scoffed. “Pfft, normal? Whoever said I was normal?”

I couldn’t help but laugh at Angel, she was so totally kick ass some times, and it was hilarious. I couldn’t believe it while Dietrich was still lying there on the floor, he was blinking and looked confused as if he was trying very hard to register the events that had just occurred.

“I told you to let me go didn’t I?” She said in a surgary sweet voice. I had to take her side on this one, she had warned the boy before her. He just didn’t take the hint.

He held up a finger to her and motion for her to come closer to him, and then I could have slapped her for being so dumb. She actually went down to his level as he had wanted, and I knew what was coming next. It was just so totally obvious that Dietrich was going to get her back. And was now the one blinking in confusion and I continued to laugh uncontrollably, seeing as she was now finding her self pinned to the floor beneath Dietrich.

“You are always so easy to fool, you should really learn Angel.” Dietrich said to her as he got off of her and left her lying on the floor. But he flicked her on the forehead before removing himself from on top of her completely. I was laughing and shaking my head, and so was garret, man, as bad as my situation was with him and chances, this was so sweet! Getting to laugh like this with him at our best friend. I was in heaven right now getting to laugh with I couldn’t help but notice the look Jared was giving Garret. Garret seemed to catch it too. I looked up at him and he was giving a look back to him, and I couldn’t help but wonder what was going on in the eye conversation these two were apparently having.

But this, this is pretty much how everyday goes in my life, as weird as things can get I swear that things never got boring with Angel around. But this is everyday life.