Back to my lovely Rose POV

        I walked through the front doors of the school with a smile on my face. One that had permanently planted itself there since my date with Vincent. I'd tried to hide it, but there was no use. That date was just to perfect.

        Sadly, it didn't take long for the smile to be wiped off my face. I was pulled into a class room, roughly might I add.

        "Okay, who has the balls to- Kai? We seriously have to stop meeting like this."

        Kai was standing in front of the classroom door with a smile on his face. "I missed you."

        I have to admit that he was seriously creeping me out right now. "Yeah, so, what did you need again?"

        He walked over and pressed me against the desk. "I just wanted to taste your lips again."

        Whoa! I had to stop this before it gets out of control. He leaned in to kiss me, but I pushed him away.

        "Baby, what's wrong?"

        Baby? Oh yeah this dude is freaked! I'm going to- No, you told Christie that you wouldn't break his fragile little heart! You have to let him down gently.

        "Kai, didn't I tell you I already have a boyfriend?" I asked through clenched teeth.

        "Christie, didn't I already tell you that I didn't care?" He said leaning in.

        Wait, did he just call me Christie? "You just called me Christie!"

        He stopped trying to lean in and his eyes went wide as he backed away. "N-no I didn't." He stuttered.

        "Yes you did, which means you have a thing for Christie."

        He sighed and sat on one of the nearby desks. "Please don't tell her."

        "I won't, but if you like Christie, why do you keep trying to make out with me?"

        "Because I wanted to forget. I've liked Christie since freshmen year and no matter what I do, I can never get her to notice me. She likes me as a friend or a brother. I thought that maybe if I could force myself to like another girl, then maybe I would forget about Christie. It didn't work because every time I was with you, or I kissed you I pretended you were Christie."

        "Ouch." I muttered. That was definitely a stab to my ego.

        "I'm sorry Rose, I didn't mean to use you."

        "Yes you did, but its okay. I understand why you did it. A couple years ago I lost something really important to me and the guy that should have been there for me wasn't. I used other guys to get over it and numb the pain, but until I told him how I felt, I never really felt better. You have to tell Christie or you're just going to continue hurting." Kai looked at me and I could easily see the fear in his eyes. "I know it's going to be scary, and I know you're afraid to lose the friendship that you guys have, but trust me, if you tell her you'll feel a lot better."

        "But what if things don't work out?" He asked and began pacing the classroom. "What if she hates me and never wants to talk to me again, I can't live with that Rose. I'd rather her never know and we stay friends than for her to find out and never talk to me again."

        I walked over to him and placed both of my hands on the side of his face. "Look at me. You don't have to tell her when we walk out this classroom. You don't have to tell her tomorrow. All you have to do right now is prepare yourself because despite what you may believe, Christie cares about you a lot." I was definitely sure about that much. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so serious about me not playing Kai.

        Kai sighed and gave me a half hearted smile. I didn't really expect more so I let him go. "Come on, let's get out of here.

*****

        We all gathered around the lunch table and chatted easily. I couldn't focus on the conversation because my mind was still on the talk I had with Kai this morning. I couldn't believe he had a crush on Christie. No, that boy is full out in love with her. I never noticed before but you can see it in his eyes when he looks at her. His eyes twinkle with interest when she speaks and the way he throws her trash away as she finishes it. I don't know how I've never noticed how he felt about her.

        Now here's the hard part. Does she like him back? I've been studying the chemistry between the two all day and I'm still stuck at a maybe point. I mean the constant hair twirling is a good sign, but she does that when she talks to everyone. She's real protective of him, but that could easily be her playing the big sister role. As of this point, I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.

        "Rose aren't you excited for the end of the quarter?" Megan asked trying to add me to the conversation.

        "What the hell does the end of the quarter have to do with anything?" I asked, probably sounding more rude than I intended. Luckily, everyone was used to it by this point.

        "Did you not just here anything we just said?" Vincent chuckled, shoving me lightly.

        "Sorry, my head was in the clouds."

        "Yeah well, while you were in your little daydreams about Vincent, we were planning what to do during break. We get a 3 day weekend for the end of the quarter so we usually skip Friday and go somewhere for the weekend." Christie explained.

        "What about exams?"

        "We're seniors so as long as we have an 85 or higher in that class we don't have to take exams." Dani answered.

        "Well, where are we going?"

        "To a cabin in the mountains that my parents own." Vincent answered.

        "And your parents are okay with this?"

        Vincent shrugged and tossed his plate in the trash beside him. "They don't really care. It's our senior year so they don't see a problem with letting us stay there."

        I nodded and went into deep thought. Now how was I going to convince my mom to let me go?

*****

        "Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please?" I begged clamping my hands together and falling to my knees.

        "Rosalie Strecker, get off the floor this instant. I already told you no." My mom said.

        I pushed myself off the ground and began to protest again. "Come on Mom! Christie's parents are letting her go. So are Vincent's and Kai's!"

        "Do I look like their parents?"

        "Mom! I don't even understand what the big deal is?"

        "The big deal is I don't feel comfortable with my 17 year old daughter spending an unsupervised weekend away, so far from home. Besides I don't think your father would like that idea very much." My mom said sternly. She was forcing herself to say no, but her resolve was fading.

        "Mom, its my senior year. In a few months I'll be 18 and I legally won't have to listen to you. If you don't let me go I'll most likely sneak out and go anyway. I'm asking to be respectful. So please, can I go on vacation this weekend?"

        My mom sighed and sat her mug of coffee on the table. "Okay. You can go. But your father has to approve, and I want to talk to him; go over a few ground rules."

        I started my happy dance again, despite the fact that I'd have to sound extremely desperate to get him to let me go. He is still pissed about everything that happened before I left. I don't know if he'll say yes, but I'll try my hardest to convince him.

        "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I praised, hugging my mom tightly. I ran out the kitchen and up the stairs to the room Ryan was staying in.

        "Rydog, we're going on vacation!" I started doing my happy dance and I expected Ryan to join in, but he had a sad smile on his face. I stopped dancing and looked at him seriously. "What's wrong?"

        "I'm not going." he said blankly.

        "What? Why not?"

        "Rose, I've been here for almost a month now. I still have a life back in Michigan, and as much as I've loved spending time with you, I would really like to go home. Plus my mom already bought me plane tickets. I fly out first thing tomorrow morning."

        I didn't even realize tears had spilled out of my eyes until Ryan wiped one away. "B-but your my Rybear." I sobbed.

        "Rose, it'll be fine. I'll come back to visit and you can always come visit me in Michigan." Ryan wrapped his arms around me and continued soothing me until my hysterical sobs died down to soft sniffles.

        "I'm sorry for breaking down like that. Its just that, I love you so much, how will I handle being without you?" I explained when I had my breathing under control.

        "You've done it before." Ryan pointed out.

        "Yeah but that was only for a week or two." I argued.

        Ryan chuckled and kissed the top of my head. "Come on, lets watch the entire Transformers series."

        "All three movies?"

        Ryan nodded. "You get the popcorn I'll get the ice cream."

        I smiled and happily obliged. I got the popcorn and the movies while Ryan fetched two bowls of Oreo ice cream(the best kind). He snuggled next to me and started the first movie. That's how we spent Ryan's last hours in the city; eating junk food, cuddling, and watching the best action movie of our generation together.

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Sooooo how was it? Did you like the whole Kai confession? I actually got the idea of him being in love with Christie on accident. When I was writing the kiss, I accidentally typed Christie's name and I thought, "What an affect something like this could have on the plot." I actually really love the idea. It means that I have one less character going after Rose!

Speaking of one less character, say goodbye to Ryan because you won't be seeing him for a while. I know, kill me because, who didn't love Ryan?

Anwhoo on to my problems. Sorry if this chapter is really bland. I'm not in the greatest mood. ): Someone was spreading bad rumors about me to my crush and it got us into a big argument and I ignored him for a day. Then he was pissed about that and I ended up telling him I like him since he said I'm never completely honest with him. Of course that jerk just replied with an OK. O fucking K people. That really pissed me off and now we haven't spoken in 2 days which is a lot considering we eat lunch together everyday and we text all the time too. *sigh* Guys suck. :/

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NEXT UPDATE: Hopefully Saturday but it depends on how many reads, votes, and comments this chappy gets...

P.S. after editing this chapter, I realized that my relationship with my crush influenced the beginning of this chapter. So you can thank him for being a jerk. He's the reason that this chapter is the way it is.

-Shahada OUT!!!