"Uh, shut up already." Khara sluggishly turns over on her bed and once again presses the snooze button. Khara was having a wonderful dream and she did not want to wake up yet.

"Please, tell me who you are, I see you every where and I don't know your name" Khara takes a step towards the young boy who's face was hidden by shadow. He does nothing. Khara continues to walk closer to him only till he grabs her wrist and pulls her in to a hug. She does nothing but give back the hug.

"Why do I feel so safe with you when I don't know you?"

"Because, I'm the small glint of light in your heart, that feeling you get when you know nothing can hurt you."

"But who are, what is your name?" The boy looks down to Khara , she could tell he was smiling.

"I'm --"

"Khara, wake up! Your going to be late for school!"

her mother calls from down stairs. Khara's eyes snap open and quickly looks at the clock that was beside her bed.

"Oh my god its 6:50!!" Khara jumps out of her bed and runs to the bathroom. She strips off her clothes and jumps in the shower. Taking a quick 10 minute shower, she puts on her clothes, does her hair and runs down stairs. She grabs her back pack and dashes out the door.

"Oh god , I hope I didn't miss the bus." Khara hated the fact that she was 17 and with out a car. She was forced to take the school bus everyday. She hated it, all her friend had cars accept her. Khara passes the corner and sees that the bus stop is empty. She had missed the bus.

" Oh man…" She didn't notice the amused boy standing 20 feet away from her. She turns her head to find her next door neighbor standing in front of his car. She had two choice's one: go back home and ask her mom to drop her off, or two: ask her neighbor for a lift.

'Would he give me a ride? I haven't talked to him since he first moved here six mouths ago and the only thing we said was our names and where he came from. Oh what the hell, he cant be mean enough to say no…right?'

Khara took one step closer to him. She admits that he was a little intimidating. He is one of those punk guys who grew out his hair to cover his eyes and played the guitar, she didn't think he was ugly, in fact he was pretty cute. He was about 6 feet and had dark black hair, she cant tell what his eye color was because his hair was in the way most of the time. She took another step and looked up at him.

"Um, hey Shawn."

"Hey."

'God is that all he can say? Gees, guess he's not a talker.'

"Ok, I missed the bus and I have no car, so can you give me a ride?" Shawn looks at her and nods his head. She thanks him and jumps in his car. The ride to school was in silence. What she didn't know about Shawn is that he had a crush on her ever since he moved in but she has a boyfriend so he couldn't do anything but watch her from afar. His bed room was right across from hers so he basically saw everything…and when he says everything…he means everything . When he saw that she missed the bus, he was hoping that she would ask for a ride. While driving, he glances over and saw how beautiful she was up close, with her long dark brown hair, light hazel eyes and gorgeous body. She was known for her kindness and for her legs. He was getting a little nerves to be alone with her so he drives a little faster to get to school quicker. They get to school and she gets out.

"Thanks for the ride."

Shawn shrugs his shoulders and walks off. She starts to walk off right after him. She walks through the hallways hoping to see her friends. She sees them in the court yard.

"Hey guys" Khara said while walking towards her friends, Darien her boyfriend comes up behind her and wraps his arms around her waists.

"Hey sexy." Darien gently kisses her on her cheek. Khara giggles and kisses him back.

"Hey I saw you get out of Shawn's car, what's was up with that?" Asks Khara's friend Sam who apparently has a crush on him.

"Oh, I missed the bus and he gave me a ride…what, do you like him?" Khara asks with a little amusement In her tone.

"Um…" Sam was beginning to turn red

"You know, I could talk to him if you like, --OH, I could set a double date for us…oh my god that'll be so much fun." Darien had a skeptical look on his face.

"Aww please Darien, it will be fun, please." Khara puffs out her bottom lip and wraps her arms around Darien.

"Okay, fine, but do you really think Shawn would even agree with this? And where would we go, I don't think he's the romantic type."

"Ok, so restaurant is out of the picture, hm, how bout we see a movie?" Khara said while smiling at Sam

"Well I really don't care where we go just as long as he's there beside me."

"Aww, that's so cute." Khara said while putting her hands together. Out of the corner, Shawn comes walking with his friends. This was Khara's chance to ask him.

"Oh there he is, I'm going right now to ask him." Khara then walks slowly towards them. She didn't know why but she was kind of scared, not of him but his friends. When she gets to him, the guys stopped talking and looks at the girl standing before them. All of them accept Shawn looks at her head to toe and nods with a smile on their face. Khara was about to say something but closes her mouth, she came there for one reason and one reason only.

"Hey Shawn, can I talk to you for a second?"

Shawn had a half grin on his face. He really wanted her. He would give anything to her just to make her smile. All his friends knew he liked her, and didn't say anything about it.

"Damn, hey, you wanna hang out some time?" one guy asks. Shawn looks at him and he immediately shuts up. Shawn looks at Khara and nods his head. Both walked to the other side of the hall and he thinks,

'God if she doesn't talk soon I might do something I'll regret'.

"Can I ask you a favor?

"Depends."

"See my friend likes you and I was wondering if you would want to go on a double date with us. It would mean so much to her, and me." He couldn't believe what she was asking, of course he would but, he would like it even more if he was going to be her date instead of her friends.

'Oh well, this is the only way to be with her.'

"Ok"

"Oh my god really? Thank you so much." She jumps up and gives him a small a hug. Good thing his hair is in the way or she would have seen how wide his eyes was.

"Ok, so we are planning on going to the movies. We'll pick you up on Friday at eight." Shawn nodes his head. She smiles and walks back to her friends.
Shawn saw the humor in his friends eyes.

"What?

"Dude, she's hott, why wont you get with her?" His friend Danny asks.

"Cause she has a guy already, Darien something." Shawn says with no emotion in his face.

"Darien…dude, the guy that's in football, basketball and wrestling?"

"Not to mention has a drinking problem." Shawn now had a confused look on his face

"Yea, I heard about that, last year, there was a party and he got drunk like no other. Heard he drank ten cans before passing out." Shawn stays quiet for a second before brushing it off.

"What ever man, lets just ditch and get some food." Everyone nods and starts to walk out the door. Shawn leading the way, couldn't help but look back at the girl he wanted.

'Why is she with a guy that can hurt her? doesn't she know he has a drinking problem? Does she even know he has a problem?' All that afternoon he couldn't stop thinking about what he heard about Darien. Well this may be a good chance to see what he's really made of.