AlWaYs FoReVeR

NOTE: Richard = Abs. Ritchie = Ritchie.

Chapter 1

Amrit skipped down the hallway dragging Scott with her. "Its Friday Scottie be happy honey bunny!" She cried out waving to Sam and Naomi as they walked by. "Yeah great whatever Amrit...." Scott mumbled distantly to her. He seemed to be staring into nowhere, slouching as he walked. "We are going to TGI It's Friday yay great remember good, weekend they are good, Scott have you gone crazy, what's wrong with you?" "Nothing Amrit how about you go to TGI's have a great time and just let me have some time alone for a while." Scott said pulling his arm away from Amrit and walking off towards the lockers corridor. Amrit sighed then she spotted Richard and Sean walking towards the exit. "Wait up guys wait!" She called flinging her arms in the air and waving them about. "Amrit darling where's Scottie?" Richard said grabbing her folder from her before she dropped it. "He's all weird you know, what's wrong with him?" "Beats me," Sean said and kept walking. Richard stopped walking and stood next to Amrit in the corner. "He's just a little you know confused about you know...." Amrit looked at him utterly dazed. "You know what, what are you on about Richard?" "We call him Abs Amrit!" Sean said smiling at Amrit trying to avoid the topic that they were talking about. "Shush Sean, what Abs, what's wrong what's he confused about????" "If it makes you feel any better we don't know either Amrit only Abs....oh I put my foot in it didn't I?" Sean said pulling a funny face. "Come on lets keep walking or we'll miss the bus." Abs said continuing down the hallway. "No I want to know!" Amrit said standing still and stamping her foot in annoyance. She didn't like being kept in the dark. "Its nothing Amrit come on quickly come on!" Abs demanded but Amrit wasn't about to budge. "Okay okay he's confused about two things the concert and....well that's all I mean...." "Concert what concert Abs?" Phew Abs thought she hadn't realised he hadn't told her something else. "Some concert in Ireland on in two weeks time." "Oh....oh that's like near by birthday and the hugey dance?" "Yeah that's why he's not sure whether he should go in it or not....he doesn't want to upset you or....I mean yeah he doesn't want to upset you." "Oh well he could have asked, what a silly boy, I don't mind at all." A smile reappeared on Amrit's face and she was beaming again remembering her great line up for the weekend. Her smile broadened even more at the mention of Luke coming to TGI's tonight. "So he's coming oh wowies, I mean that's okay then isn't it....?" She said trying supress her true feelings, boy was Luke hot! "Its great Amrit darling!" Said Cathy smiling at Amrit, she knew Amrit's feelings like the back of her hand. Lets hope she knew the back of her hand well then. Amrit smiled and Abs and Sean rolled their eyes at each other. "So Cathy catching the bus?" "No I'm walking with Betty remember?" "Oh Cathy you're my best friend you should be with me!" Amrit demanded, she could act like such a child sometimes, along with her other best friend.

"So Amrit you must be really happy for Scottie?" Sophie asked totally deviously. How did she know as well? Amrit nodded as if she knew everything about it totally. "He's so happy these days isn't he?" Sophie continued. Amrit didn't think so but she nodded anyway. "So is he coming tonight?" What was with these questions was it mastermind or something? "No not likely atal....the moment...." Amrit said viewing Scott walk in. Scott sat at the opposite end of the table from Amrit and didn't smile too much at his friends. Amrit felt her heart sinking. Why was he ignoring her? All of a sudden? "Amrit you are in the tennis team right?" Luke asked suddenly out of the blue. Amrit turned around her heart beating fast. "Yes...." What was with the one word answers Cathy thought, could confident Amrit be having an off day, or was she always this nervous around guys she really liked? Cathy had noticed her do this when she met the Backstreet Boys must be that, she got on fine with her friends that were boys though but even that had taken a while too. "You like playing tennis then?" "Well duh that's what it usually means...." Scott said sarcastically from the other end of the table. Luke went red and looked totally embarrassed all of a sudden. "Yes I like tennis Luke, don't worry about him, he's being a jerk head today, so how about you?" Amrit said regaining her confident stature and attitude. She scowled at Scott and then got up. She tugged on Scott's arm. "We need...." "To talk?! I agree!" Scott said definately and angrily. "So what's your...." "So what's your...." "PROBLEM?!" Both said at the same time. "Well mine is you being so bosy all of a sudden, I mean you always order me around, I want to do what you want me to do but I can't always do it Amrit, I am just totally stressed and I could do with a little bit of support now and then....sorry look no its not your fault I'm sorry Amrit I really am...." "Well my problem is you keeping me in the dark, how am I supposed to help if you don't tell me what's wrong? How am I supposed to do what you want to do or talk about what you want to talk about if you don't even tell me anything?!" "Excuse me...." Sophie said nudging her way inbetween the two, "Bathroom break...." She explained slyly to them both in her usual annoying manner. Amrit tilted her head and stopped talking waiting for Sophie to pass then she turned and walked back to her seat and continued her conversation with Luke and then with Cathy and Sean. Scott was left standing alone in the tiny entrance. He couldn't tell her not yet, he didn't know how she'd take it? She'd get annoyed or would she? Would she even care?

Chapter 2

"Oh bummer so Ritchie is going out with Carista? Hmm well what about Luke now he's a babe and a half! Hehehehe!" Amrit said down the receiver to Rachel, her pal and gossip queen of the century. "Now he's free honey and I heard he is looking...." Amrit could sense a silly smirk in Rachel's voice. "Yeah whatever Rachie darling. I better go now, by the way....um well I don't know how to ask this....don't tell anyone else okies....do you know what's up with Scottie?" "Scottie but you are...." "I know but hes gone all weird you don't think he knows do you?" Amrit said her heart dropping at thinking he might know. "No!! Well okies its a bit obvious honey but he's a guy therefore not too perceptive...." "Coolies thanks Rachie darling. Bye see you later." Amrit put down the phone. Phew he couldn't know she liked Ritchie and Luke, it'd be weird, he'd make a big deal of it probably, them being his friends and all.

"Girl I get that cold sweat creeping up on me...." Scott said smiling and holding Loz tight. He quickly glanced at his watch. "Oh its four already, uh oh Amrit'll be here in a second. I gotta go Loz." He said flinging his gym things into his bag, throwing the basketball to Mim and rushing out of the door. Amrit reached him before he was even out of the school premises. "I was just coming to the gym Scottie whats the rush I thought I'd say hi to L....um Mim and Sam." Scott looked at her, his heart beating fast, that had been a close one. He quickly walked out of the gates dragging Amrit with him. Amrit raised her eyebrows at him. "How about we just go now?" Scott said quickly still walking away from the school. "No Scott lets go see the oth....oh sorry I'm being bossy again right?" Amrit said looking dejected all of a sudden. "No no no no its not that well its just that um you know that really annoying girl is there....you know the one." Amrit shook her head. "You never get annoyed that easily by anyone....but me...." She was looking dejected again. Scott flung his arm around her. "I don't get annoyed at you of all people, I love you darling." "Whatever, now I am starved how about we get something to eat?" Amrit said starting to cheer up again. "Great anything you want Amrit darling, anything at all." Scott said putting on a smile. Why was she acting so weird all of a sudden? Saying he didn't like her? Richard better not have told her about Loz. He was dead if he had. This was exactly the reason he hadn't told her, he knew she would react like this maybe even worse if she knew the full extent of the story.

"How about you leave me alone Sean. I don't like you, never will." Thuy said sighing and walking away. Amrit and Scott walked up nervously. "Um everything okay Seanie?" Scott asked timidly. "What does it look like?" Sean snapped walking away. Amrit shrugged at Scott. "I don't know why she doesn't like him, hes cute, nice, sweet and totally irresistable." "Sound like a tim tam!" Naomi added standing next to Amrit and Scott and sighing too. He was so nice so why did Thuy ignore him? "So whos that girl with the blonde hair?" Amrit asked changing the subject and turning to Scott and Kelly. "The girl with the blonde hair, oh yeah I know her!" Kelly said sarcastically to Amrit. "You know the one I mean Scottie, Scott....you know the girl who was on the basketball and netball teams, whats her name again?" "Beats me Amrit, I have to go okay?!" Scott said, he had better get out of this embarrassing situation. Naomi was looking at him weirdly. Scott felt bad, maybe keeping Amrit in the dark wasn't such a great idea, one of their friends was bound to let on soon. "Loz thats it Loz, shes really nice and coolies....oh bye Scott darling." Amrit said with a laugh. Kelly and Naomi remained unsmiling. Amrit looked at them confused, what was wrong with them? "You guys really have to give newish people a chance!" Amrit said lowering her folder to read her timetable. "Oh no not English!" Kelly and Naomi groaned and then they went into a full scale conversation about how lucky Amrit was to have Mrs. Gregory for the fiftieth time. Sam joined them in the corridor. "So wheres Scott with L....Luke I mean Luke!?" Sam gulped uh oh that was close. "Luke oh he didn't tell me he was with Luke!" Amrit said looking disappointed. None of the others smiled again, they all gave Sam a weird look and kept talking quickly changing the topic of conversation back to Mrs. Gregory again. Amrit was totally confused. What was with everyone?

Chapter 3

"So I was like totally bored and then this whole new...." Amrit blabbed on and on to Richard who seemed actually enthralled in exactly how great her bus trip was. Suddenly a figure approached them and sat down next to Amrit. Richard suddenly looked tense. "Uh hi...." Amrit said looking at the girl weirdly. "hi I'm Loz and you're Amrit right?" "Yeah how do you know me? I mean we met the other day but still...." "She doesn't know you...." Richard started. "No she just met you the other day and knows everyones names so quickly and who are you again?" Scott added nervously as he appraoched the group. He gave Loz a weird look. "Scott told me so much about you...." Loz continued. Amrit looked totally confused. "Um okay so he says he doesn't know you and you say....oh I am totally confused, how about we start again?" "Yeah how about we do on our way to Maths...." Scott said grabbing Amrit's folder and pulling her into the corridor and away from Loz quickly. Richard distracted Loz by dropping his orange juice all over the carpet and her bag. "Whats going on Scott?" Amrit asked almost suspiciously and laughing all at once. What a commotion, she though. "Oh that girl, shes like dillusional, shes so weird, you know if I were you, I wouldn't hang around her." Scott said seriously to Amrit. Amrit raised her eyebrows as usual. Then she decided to drop it, she'd work it out later when she got to know Loz.

"Amrit is the type of person to be more happy because an equation balances than if....see there she is now doing her Chemistry work as usual...." Scott went on to Luke. Sean cringed, Amrit would so kill him. Luke smiled. "Amrit! How are you?" Scott called into the Chemistry lab. "Fine!" Amrit said not looking up at all, "I'm in the middle of this right now, balancing oh wait thats it, yay! What did you say again Scott?" Scott and Luke burst into a fit of giggles and Sean shrugged at Amrit who was now looking up, going red, totally embarrassed.

"Sorry Amrit....really I am....oh come on Amrit." Scott pleaded stroking Amrit's hair out of her face. "Shut up Scott and keep away from me okies." Amrit said pushing his hands away from her hair. Scott smiled, she was so cute when she was infuriated, not that she wasn't all of the time anyway. Amrit viewed Scott's smile and got even more angry. "Get out now Scott, you're not sorry at all, go now I'm sick of you today!" Amrit said picking up his bag and chucking it into his hands then forcefully pushing him out of the room. She slammed the door hard in his face. Scott stood at the doorway looking into the glass window sadly. He knocked on it and mouthed, "I'm sorry Amrit darling." but to no avail, she was back at work looking the opposite way and ignoring him. Suddenly Scott viewed Loz at the other end of the corridor, filling her bag with her school books. Scott rushed forward to help her and gave her a smile. She seemed annoyed too. "Whats wrong Lozzy my girlie?" "Its you and you keeping this from Amrit, why don't you tell her? I want to part of your life too." Loz said slamming her locker shut and walking away leaving Scottie stranded yet again.

"Amrit, Amrit, what are you doing Friday night girlie?" Scott asked racing up to Amrit and Cathy quickly. "Going out." Amrit said bluntly to Scott. "Great who with Amrit?" Scott asked innocently. "Well I'm going with Luke no thanks to you though I may mention." Amrit added matter of factly. "Oh...." Scotts face dropped. "him and who else?" The three aproached the locker rooms and heard some familiar voices inside. Scott suddenly dashed off in the other direction towards the gym noticing he had lost his tie. "Ooh my tie girlies!" "Anyway so has he told Amrit yet?" "I don't know, I don't think so." "Well maybe he should I mean Amrit's not the possessive kind." "they're only friends!" "Yeah thats right he should tell her about his girlie!" Amrit's face dropped suddenly. "What should he tell me? What girlie tell me?!" Amrit demanded walking in on Abs, Sean, Kelly and Mim. "Well um....Kelly, Abs?" Sean said turning to his other friends for support. Mim stepped in suddenly. "Well Scottie is kind of going out with someone...."

"Why didn't he tell me? Why did you tell me?" Amrit said feeling like crying as she walked to the bus stop with Cathy. "Don't worry about it Amrit, I didn't exactly know either, anyway please can we not worry, you have a performance tonight remember?" "Who cares? I do, why do I care about Scott and his silly secrets! I am sick and tired of him....oh Scott, why don't you just get lost oh and take this stupid ring I don't want it anymore, it doesn't mean anything, anything at all anymore!" Amrit said turning to the appraoching figure, Scott and chucking the ring at him. It fell down the small drain and Scott stood looking hurtly at Amrit.

Chapter 4

Amrit scanned the crowd of about one hundred. She was so dreading the next ten minutes of her life, having to perform live to them all happily when she was feeling so bad inside. She didn't want to look over at the group of her friends who sat anxiously surveying her. They were all traitors she thought in disgust, every single on of them. Rachel appraoched Amrit, how could the gossip queen not have known? "Hiya all ready, lets go!" Rachel yelled giving Amrit a nervous but friendly smile. Amrit scowled back, Rachel wondered what was wrong, she hadn't had a chance to meet up with the others again yet. The girls went onto the stage performing their songs. Amrit smiled as she had been told to, she didn't want this performace to be terrible, her whole career could depend on it. Amrit looked around for her family, Luke and any talent scouters plus for the girlie, Scott's girlie. She didn't know who it was yet. "Hurry up Amrit get into position." Carista cried from the foreground of the stage and Amrit meekly stood in position in the back area. Hey wasn't that....oh so thats what that had been about....would he lie that much....its WAS Loz. Amrit concluded as she sang and moved around the stage as had been informed.

The performance and night was over and Amrit sat packing up her clothes and hair accessories. Her blue butterfly clip fell the ground. Amrit couldn't have had a worse day but she couldn't be bothered getting it just yet. Suddenly it appeared on the dressing table again. She looked behind hoping it was Lukey, instead she saw another figure standing over her. She turned back to what she was doing and noticed her ring lying next to the butterfly ring. "It took my two hours to get it back again, had to go down the drain and then it started raining and all." Scott laughed giving her a nervous smile and laugh. "Well you wasted your time because I don't want it back!" Amrit said sweeping her clip into the bag and getting up. Rachel entered the room and was bewildered by the situation. Amrit swept past the two figures and into the hallway leaving Scott and Rachel alone. "I don't get it Amrit, shouldn't be annoyed Scott its Loz you should be annoyed at!" "What....why?" "shes the one whos taken him away from you, lead him away and all you know what I mean!" "No, you just don't understand, thats not whats bothering me, shes very nice and this has nothing to do with her, its to do with me not being told at all, hes supposed to be my best friend and all!" "Well....well....I always thought....well that, oh nevermind!" Rachel said flicking her hair and galncing over at a nearby bus load or guys. Amrit sighed and then spotted Cathy and Richard walking towards them. She drew a sigh of relief when she managed to avoid them with the excuse of the bank and office. Nobody ever wanted to escort anyone there.

"So she knows does that mean, I can actually talk to her finally?" Loz asked excitedly fondling with Scott's spikes. Scott looked down remembering Amrit and her annoyance, he reached into his pocket and was almost having a heart attack when he couldn't find the ring, its in the other pocket. He reassured himself. "Shes kind of annoyed...." Loz sighed loudly then started to talk again, "Well I told you to tell her didn't I?!" Amrit approached the large group, unsmiling. Scott immediately moved his bag for her to sit in her usual spot. She sat down at a lone bench under the tree. Nobody sat there because of the continual insect nests found there. Amrit wasn't a fan of spiders but they were better than the big one sitting opposite. Hehehehe - joke! Scott got up and sat next to her suddenly. All of a sudden Cathy appraoched and sat down next to Amrit as well. "Is today tolerate insects day or something? Why can't you just let me sit here on my own?" Amrit said to Cathy, she didn't even bother to acknowledge Scott. "Amrit can we talk....like alone over there?" Scott said pointing to the nearby oak tree. Amrit kept a look of disgust on her face and kept on fiddling around with her folder. "Amrit?!" Scott repeated, the rest of the group went quiet all of a sudden. "Whats is wrong with you all?!" Amrit said picking up her stuff and storming off. Loz looked after her and then at Scott uncomfortably.

"Amrit that serve was pathetic, again now!" Amrit noticed Luke sitting at the other end of the court, trus the coach to embarrass her when he was around. She slammed the ball down as hard as she could, it was very hard as she was so annoyed. "Great serve my babe!" Luke called out laughingly. "Just don't let me be on the receiving end!" Amrit giggled, he looked so funny ducking and cowering from every ball. The coach wasn't so impressed, he gave Luke and Amrit both stern looks and Luke was forced to leave the court a few minutes later. "Meet you at seven tonight?" Amrit nodded between backhands and smashes. The she viewed a lone figure sitting on a nearby table. She missed the ball several times in a row just trying figure out just who it was. "Well thats enough for now, you have the lowest attention span ever, bring you mind next time, okay Amrit?" The coach said resigning herself from the lack of enthusiasm on Amrit's part. Amrit garbbed her raquet case and took off her sweat bands. "Amrit, Amrit I'm so glad I got you...." Amrit smiled at the nearing figure, it wasn't her fault as she had said to Rachie before. "Hi Loz, so how are you today? This isn't about Scott is it?" "Yeah well it is...." "Well look I am really happy for you both, I have nothing against you, I mean my only problem is him, he should have told me before...." "I know....hes sorry, we're sorry....please give him another chance I mean hes been like having a rough time lately, we aren't well meshing so well right now...." Loz looked sincerly sorry and very guilty, even though she had done nothing wrong. "Well Loz I would but you know hes just hurt me too many time lately....I think us being best friend is such a bad idea these days, it just doesn't work, I mean you know...." Loz nodded, she could but try, Amrit didn't seem to be budging, she seemed too annoyed. "Well anyway try and be friends please and if its okay with you I'd love to be friends too." Amrit smiled and tilted her head to the side. "Of course girlie, I'll be your friend and look I'm sorry if some of our friend, ie. Rachel might have been giving you a hard time lately...." "Thats coolies!" Loz smiled taking Amrit's folder before she dropped it, de ja vu anyone? "Oh I am such a ditz!" Amrit cried out suddenly, "Oh wheres my bus pass?"

Chapter 5

Amrit sat at the table opposite Luke, yes he was cute but nice no way. Amrit had been disallusioned by his warm and friendly looks. His manners were ghastly followed up by his sick sense on homour and vicious digs at so many people and all of this was topped up by his continual glances and nearby girls. Amrit felt like puking, he made her sick. Why had she chosen this over TGI's? Her head was already spinning enough over what to do about Scott and now this awful conversation with this vulgar boy was making things even worse. Why hadn't Scott told her how much of a jerk Luke was? "Anyway and have you seen the size of Mr. Grage's nose?" Amrit looked at Luke and cringed in annoyance. "I have to go now Luke, I'm really tired okay?!" Amrit said getting up. Luke stopped her before she could leave. "Don't I even get a kiss?" He asked slimily to Amrit, nearing her and caging her into a small enclosed area. "Ew no, sorry Luke!!" Amrit said pushing past him and rushing out of the restaurant as quickly as she could.

"Forgiven me yet Amrit?" Scott said sitting down next to Amrit on the bus. "How was your date?" "Terrible thanks very much. All thanks to you, you could have told me about him, you see I am open about my relationships and therefore I can take advice and stuff like that, thats something you wouldn't understand though isn't it?!" "Oh....Luke terrible, sorry, I would have told you but you weren't exactly on talking terms with me were you?" Now Scott was getting annoyed, firstly it wasn't his fault, secondly what had Luke done? Amrit turned to the window and gazed out. "So what did he do?" Scott asked very cautiously. Amrit turned back to him again. "Theres a paying passenger stand up! None of your business anyway!" Scott got up obligingly and hung over the seat waiting for a better reply from Amrit, but she was very non commital. She said nothing at all to Scott about it. The passenger got up from next to Amrit and went to sit next to his wife on a nearby seat. Scott sat down again and Loz got on the bus. "Hi Amrit, Scott!" "Hiya Lozzy, oh and I have your clips, they were great for a terrible date!" "Hi Lo-z-z whats going on, clips what?" Scott was confused totally. "Great oh terrible, whats happened?" "I'll tell you later," Amrit said looking at Scott and then back to Loz. Loz nodded in undertstanding. "Um Scott why can't you sit over there I want to talk to Loz." "Exactly what I was about to say!" Loz said quickly laughing. "Great minds think alike!" Amrit and Loz cried out. Scott was completely bewildered but moved none the less. "I think there was another reason you didn't introduce them!" Abs said with a laugh from a nearby seat.

"So am I forgiven yet Amrit?" Scott said to Amrit as they sat in their usual Maths seats. "Whatever...." "Best friends again Amrit?" Scott said impatiently now. "Friends at a push Scott, we can take things one thing at a time can't we?" Scott sighed chucking his ruler in frustration. "That was sensible Scott...." Amrit lectured looking up and then back to her worksheet. "Well I had to do something....why can't you see that I was just....just...." "Just what?" Amrit said raising her eyebrows at him. "Amrit there you are!" Luke said flinging his books on his desk and heading over to them. Scott got up before he could reach Amrit. "Oh no you don't! What did you do?" Scott demanded grabbing Luke by his collar. Amrit got up quickly and released Luke from Scott's hold quickly. "What are you doing?" She demanded at Scott. "He upset you didn't...." "Oh thanks why don't you just advertise my problems with everyone Scott....you know what your problem is....you judge people by your standards!" Amrit yelled grabbing her books and walking off towards the annex to work in quiet. Scott picked up his rubber and chucked it too then he grabbed his things and headed out of the classroom, he need a break.

Loz didn't make him feel any better. She sat discussing how nice Amrit was and just how nice and friendly she had been. "you should have told her about us earlier, we could have been better friends...." "Yeah whatever Loz okay why don't you just go and be friends with her then, I'm so glad for you, buddy for you, you have more friends than I do, but then I'm just a bore who judged people and and...." "If you're going to sit around feeling sorry for yourself all day well I will....Hi Ritchie, Sean, heading for English are we?" Loz said with a warm smile and skipped of with them down the corridor. Amrit looked at Scott, stadning dejected in the hallway. Well maybe being friends couldn't hurt, they could work on it but she had to explain from now on friends was how they wer going to remain, girl, boy best friendships just didn't work anymore, they were too old. Like Joey and Dawson figures in Dawson's Creek. "Hi Scott....whats u...." "Whats now, you going to say anything else about me? Okay now want to know what Loz says, she says I'm unreasonable, selfish....the list goes on, what can we add to it now?" "well I was going to say whats up but well if thats what you want to talk about well I find you cheeky, silly, childish and very insolent....hmm but worst of all I find you well how should I put this well CUTE!" Amrit smiled but Scott didn't. "So whats made you suddenly change your mind?" He asked suspiciously. "Bored with fighting, you know its quite tiring actually....so I thing friends is an okay...." "Best friends?" "No Scott, one step at a time, besides I don't think our friendship is really a go because we are just too old, I mean who else do you notice having a bect friend who is a girl when they are a boy or vice versa?" Very few, it just doesn't work at this age or older...." Scott's head was spinning. In a matter of a few days his best friend no longer wanted to be more than friends, no more best friends, he had had trouble with his girlfriend and she was about to break up with him and....the list went on, how bad could things get. Maybe he was all those bad things, there was no other excuse for it all to happen all of a sudden like this....

Chapter 6

"So Loz you were great in the netball team, they never would have won without you!" Ritchie said with admiration. Loz went red and grinned broadly. "Oh I wasn't that good...." She blushed some more. Luke approached and Amrit groaned. "So hi babe, thanks for before, so you do still like me?" Loz gave Amrit a weird look. Ritchie looked down, so why did everyone girlie he knew like Luke or Scott? He knew they were pretty coolies guys, well Scott was anyway but still why couldn't he have a chance for once. "Well Luke, no not really I'm afraid." "Oh but come on what did I do, I like you totally!" Amrit nodded slowly a look of nervousness on her face. Loz filled in for her. "Well Luke Amrit....um Amrit....likes someone else you know....shes been hiding it but we all know its there....theres just no point in you pursuing her, she won't have any of it!" Amrit frowned, whats was Loz on about? Was she for real? "Who? Oh Scott or Ritchie or something? Or maybe its Abs, you always hang around him, well fine be that way then, I don't care, never liked you that much anyway." "Get lost loser brain!" Abs called out from behind. "everyone likes Amrit dearie!" He continued wrapping his arm around her shoulders. "Well you can have her!" "Shut up and go away!" Loz added. Luke skulked of down the hallway almost running into Scott. "don't come back you loser!" Amrit shouted. "Whats going on guys?" Scott said looking at them and then back at Luke again. "Nothing appart from maybe me killing Luke!" Amrit shouted after him in the corridor. Scott was completely confused again what had Luke done now, this was a change from this morning in Maths.

Abs walked down the corridor arms linked with Amrit. "How was the rest fo your day luvie?" He asked in a concerned and caring tone. "Terrible....I mean what is with that stupid book we're reading for english? That quiz in biology was terrible too and then to top everything off we had a surprise German test and Sophie got the lead in the song." "Okies okies slow down, how did she get the lead?" "I kind of didn't practice really and well I was just plain bad! I think its time to give up music altogether." Amrit said a look of resignation on her face. "Yeah thats a brilliant idea, I mean quit music and how about quitting school too then you can sit at home all day doing nothing....that'd be really great." Abs said sarcastically getting annoyed by Amrit's negative attitude all of a sudden. "It would be great I agree, wish I could, it'd get me away from this place of torture!" Amrit said seriously to Abs. "Get a life, you are not quitting!" "I know I'm not....as if I really would!" Amrit said in annoyance. "What is it with all of you hassling me though?!" She added still annoyed. "Everyone likes you like I said before. I care about you!" Abs said a look of complete concern and caring on his face. Amrit smiled, he was so sweet. "So you didn't tell me what the new guy was like...." Abs said changing to tone and topic all at once. "Oh....oh Jason well J, hes great, hes so funny, he made me laugh all day, that was a bonus for a terrible day. Hes from Warrington and hes so funny, seems to be getting along well with Sean, they seem like coolies friends and if you aks me, he has his eye on Kel!" "Ooh Kel and J....hehehehe....I was hoping we'd have a new girl too!" Abs said a fake look of disappointment on his face. "Oh really were you now, why would that be Richard Abidin Breen? So we are finally seeing a guy whos ineterested in girls not kingball?!" Amrit taunted lightly with a laugh. "No I need some more people to play kingball with me, the guys these days are only interested in girls!" Abs joked. "I think we need a new girl for you too Abs, its about time we get a nice girl for a nice bloke!" Amrit smiled, she loved matchmaking, she had rather hoped she could have been the one responsible for Loz and Scott. "Why would I need a nice new girl when I have you?" Abs said still smiling. Amrit's smile faded suddenly. "I better go now Abs, I'll miss my bus...." "I'm sorry Amrit I didn't mean to...." Abs called after her but it was no use she was already out of the doors and running for the bus which wasn't even due for another ten minutes.

"Scott I'm getting the faint feeling that I'm being ignored." Loz said sitting in front of him. "Well you're not okay?!" Scott said in a frustrated mood. "Okies so I say we need to talk!" "Whats so you can just dump me, its okay, save it I know you don't like me anymore, you want to dump me, thats cool, I don't care anymore!" Loz looked hurt all of a sudden. "I was going to propose we spend more time together, get to know each other a little bit better but if thats what you want then fine...." "No Loz, I'm sorry, I'm having a rough day, thats all!" Scott said looking up and into Loz's eyes deeply. He hugged her then they continued to chat.

"Amrit as you thinking of trying today maybe?!" Sophie asked cuttingly. "Um are you maybe thinking of getting a life today Sophie?!" Amrit replied. Sophie looked taken aback, Amrit usually managed to keep her cool, maybe this would prove to be more fun than she had previously thought. "Well well are you finally getting an attitude? Go girl, I think its great!" "You know what I think, I think you're not!" Amrit was really into the mean stuff today. "Anyway do you know what I heard? Well you're going to find out anyway. Well I heard that you were going out with Abs, is it true then?" Sophie asked cunningly. "Amrit! Amrit!" Rachel rushed in and grabbed on Amrit's arm. "Tell me about it!" "Tell you about what?" Amrit was confused now. "So you're finally going out with someone decent!" Rachel said all excitedly. Amrit was mortified, Abs had told everyone that they were going out before the even were? He wasn't usually a jerk like that. "I'm not going out with anyone!" "Amrit, there you are, thanks for telling me, is this just you trying to get back at me? Its really immature if you ask me!" Scott said standing at the doorway a look of annoyance on his face. "so it is true then is it Amrit?!" Sophie said smiling meanly. Amrit stood in the hall, her head spinning, people talking and yelling at her all around her. "Shut up, everyone just stop please! Thank you!" Amrit said regaining her sanity. Scott had already gone, Sophie was rounding up her music sheets, Rachel was standing looking timidly as Mrs. Gyre stood looking at Amrit in annoyance. "What do you think you're doing young lady? You didn't practice and now this!" Mrs. Gyre wasn't one to get angry usually. "I....I'm sorry....I....I thought....I mean they were....I can't handle this anymore....I'm sorry I quit!" Amrit said grabbing her coat and heading for the door. She left much to the dibelief of everyone and didn't turn back to hear Mrs. Gyre's pleas.

Chapter 7

"Oh it was great....yeah you now that....Amrit there you are! Finally found you after like three periods! Where you been baby?" Abs said grinning at her then slowly turning back to a serious face by the expression on her face. Amrit carried a huge scowl and didn't have the usual happy glint in her eyes. "Should we talk maybe, in private or something?" Abs offered taking her folder from her as usual. Amrit grabbed it back quickly and pulled him into a nearby languages room. She flicked her hair out of her face and started.... "What did you think you were doing?" "I was just....just...." "You totally made everything in my life completely stuff up more than it already is right now, I can't believe you, you were the one person I thought I could trust, the one person right now and now...." Amrit was almost in tears, half of anger half of sadness. She could no longer rely on anyone. "I'm sorry, I so shouldn't have said anything but I like you and....and...." "Well don't go around assuming that makes you have the divine right to be going out with me, I don't think you'll ever have that right!" Amrit was about to storm off when Abs stopped her by standing in front of the doorway. "I didn't expect it and thanks for informing me now I won't expect it at all. You can go around feeling all high and mighty and sorry for yourself, Scott was right, you are just being selfish, everyone puts up with your childish mood swings but I think the time is through now." Now Amrit really felt like crying, Abs did now too. Just as Amrit was about to leave for the second time a voice from behind her sounded. "Ooh lovers tiff, terrible stuff there Amrit!" Sophie grinned from the window sill, where she sat sucking on a lollipop. "Great acting job for the play Abs!" Amrit yelled out grinning smugly, Sophie wasn't getting the better of her this time. Amrit pushed Abs into the now empty corridor. "what, huh??" Abs was confused now. Then Amrit sighed a breath of relief and walked off towards the canteen.

"Saying I'm sorry now...." Sophie's singing was shocking, all out of tune and totally too high. Mrs. Gyre noticed Amrit walk past the classroom and quickly called out to her. "Amrit dear....look please can we reconsider this whole decision, we really need someone for tonight, its only a small part but we can make it bigger if you want and plus there'll be talent scouters here tonight?! Please?!" Mrs. Gyre pleaded looking totally and utterly frustrated. "Okies!" Amrit smiled, for some reason she was being nice and obliging for once, she rather fancied outdoing Sophie on her big night. Mrs. Gyre looked taken aback. "Is that a YES?!" She said in amazement, she was expecting to have to give all sorts of bribes and have to beg on her hands and knees. Amrit nodded. "Uh huh uh huh!" She smiled, she was still unhappy inside and had hardly any reason to even be remotely happy but still she felt a faint sense of accomplishment inside.

"Scott are we like going tonight? I mean its eight already and Amrit's on at like eight thiry dearie!" Scott pulled a glum face and looked up from his book on basketball quickly. "I was thinking of like skipping it altogether, I mean I can't believe her attitude and all...." Scott was a little angry now and Loz got angry too. "Amrit is your best friend so get up and get moving NOW!" She yelled grabbing her jacket from where it was hung over her chair and fastening the clasp to her butterfly earing as she went. "Alright miss anything you say!" Scott said slightly more cheerily stamping out of the room after her obediently.

"I'm saying that I need you now...." Amrit sang in her most accomplished voice. She then turned to give Sophie a smug grin and Mrs. Gyre marvelled at her excellence. "Well time to hit the road girlies good luck, don't stree okay girls?" Mrs. Gyre said pushing them onto the stage and grinning at them broadly. "I say we let you sing!" Cathy said looking at Amrit and smiling. "I say we don....oh my gosh how sweet is he?!" Amrit suddenly yelled out glancing over at a guy sitting in the back row. The music started and the girls got into position, Cathy still wondering what had struck that burst of happiness from her best friend. "If I never told you I need you, I'm saying that I need to now!" Amrit looked at the lad sitting the back row and grinned at him broadly. He carried a huge bouquet of flowers like she always said she'd loved, pink lilies. He sat next to her family and they are beamed up at her. She could feel her heart melting after just one look. Abs nudged Scott quickly. "Who is she staring at?" "Beats me! Loz, Rach?" "Huh, shut up Scott now! Oh thats um I don't know?" Loz exclaimed eyeing the lad sitting up a few rows from them. He was pretty cute wasn't he now!

"Thank you so much! I am so glad you came!" Amrit said flinging her arms around the lad before weven taking the flowers. She still couldn't believe it, they were for HER? "My pleasure dearie, so how you feeling, got some energy left for a coffee? You not mad at me anymore?" "Never ever would I stay mad for that long?" Amrit said then glnaced over at Abs and Scott, okay okay she would but....but that was different!! They were different to him. Amrit couldn't keep her glance off Abs, was she really selfish? Was she really a total child? Did everyone feel this way? Were all her friends sick of her? She really had to find out!!

Abs glanced over at Amrit, he was sick with jealousy now. How could she be seeing someone else, it was supposed to be him. Why had he said all that stuff before, he hadn't meant it! He liked her childishness, it was cute, just like she was. Scott turned to Abs with a consoling look. "Sorry man!" He said in his US accent trying to cheer his mate up. Secretly inside Scott was wondering just who this lad was too!

Chapter 8

"Amrit, Amrit wait up....please wait!" Abs called after Amrit. She ignored him and walked on towards thje art block, a large piece of timber in hand. Abs finally caught up with her totally and utterly out of breath. This was a little strange for such a fit boy. Amrit turned to him suddenly. "Alright Abs?!" She said raising her eybrows dubiously at him. She didn't seem annoyed or angry in anyway, actually her face looked completely happy and smiling like she usually did. "You're okay?" Abs asked staring at her, now knowing what was going on. "Yeah fine, oh and Abs, I'm sorry I have got over that sill childish stage, time to grow up is what I have to say, ok?" Amrit said in an air of intelligence. "Grow up but....um...." "Cool don't you think, no more silly word and silly acting up, thats all in the past, I am going to be the new improved grown up, who cares about her friend and is selfless, well as selfless as I can be!" "Amrit, I....I didn't....no...." Abs couldn't get the right words out. "Abs I know I was wrong, don't worry about how I feel, I feel great actually and I am sorry for my behavious, its not your fault at all." Amrit smiled, patted him on the head with her free hand and then walked under the gold archway made by the sixth formers and into the dark artblock. Abs was left bewildered, grown up? Amrit was supposed to be a kid, she always had been, always would be, that was her trademark along with her sweetness, happiness and Miss Ditz! Thats the way they loved her, her silliness all mixed in with her calm affectionateness, it was just her.

Scott was dazed also by Amrit's sudden bout of grown upness. He waited for her at the artblock archway after first period. She brushed past him quickly. "Oh Scott, there you are, um well I thought we gave up waiting around for people outside classrooms in um primary school honey!" She said giving him a smile a waving to her other friends. "Oh well no Amrit....I always used to...." "Used to being the opperative phrase!" Amrit cut in quickly. "Well Amr...." "Bye Katie, Kaz sure I'll call you guys, oh great Friday would be great!" Amrit continued to chatter with her new found friends over Scott. "Well Amrit....I....I, are you listening to me? I was waiting because I thought you wanted me to come and see Mr. Lepig with you about the German quiz!" Scott finally got in. "Oh I can go alone Scott, I'm not a baby you know!" Amrit said frowning then charging off infront giving Scott a quick wave. "Well you usua....bye see you next period!" Scott called out after her. "Okay see you later Scott!" Amrit called abck after him. Scott was confused, she had said okies firstly and then called him Scott not Scottie or Luvie or Dearie or honey bunny or darling or any of her other funny names like she usually did.

"So she called you Scott, ooh big deal honey!" Loz laughed chomping on her apple. Scott looked down again. "shes not even sitting with us today!" He added with firm annoyance. Loz sighed. "Mr. Possessive give it up please or I won't be sitting with you either!" Loz said chucking her half eaten apple into the bin and missing and hitting Ritchie. "Ooh sorry Ritchie honey!" She laughed a little. She knew she shouldn't, if Amrit had been here she would have too....Loz wondered where she was actually. "Its cool, I thought you were the basketball and netball champion!" Ritchie said with a glwoing smile and a laugh. Scott looked up and across at Ritchie then back to Loz. They were exchanging smiles, their eyes locked on each other. "Hey she is good, why don't you just leave her alone!" Scott snapped at Ritchie. "He was just joki...." "Stop I don't care what he was just doing, he can keep his silly thoughts to himself and....and stay away from you...." Loz looked angry now. Ritchie decided to talk. "Alright Scott, sorry okay, she is brilliant at netball and basketball and that, she's great and she is also going out with you I know!" He said resolutely looking red. "You don't have to explain Ritchie, Scott I don't know whats gotten into you but whatever it is get it out right now." Loz said getting up to walk away. "You wonder why Amrit isn't sitting with us and all!" With that final comment Loz walked towards the main school building in search of Amrit and Justin. Loz was the only one who knew anything about Justin.

"Oh baby baby how....Lozzy come to join us have you?!" Amrit cried out smiling. Justin turned the tape off. "Coolies singing Amrit, I liked it totally!" "Its cool Loz, cool!" Amrit added correcting her friend. Loz frowned, okay so what was Amrit on about? "Wheres Scott? Oh you didn't bring him, thank goodness, he just gets so in the way right now!" Loz couldn't help agreeing but felt bad instantly. What was with Amrit, she never talked about Scott that way, well as far as she had heard Amrit and Scott had always been such firm friends and the feelings had always been mutual. "Its just that hes such a drag right now!" Amrit continued the suddenly stopped. Loz looked at her weirdly nodding a little. "You'll never guess how much of a jerk he was just being!" Loz started, she needed to get all this bother out. "Yeah you know what, I am a jerk, I'm so glad I know how you two really feel." With that Scott was out of the room and into the corridor. "Scott...." Loz called out but it was too late. Amrit sat guiltily on the arm rest of Justin's chair, her head down, her face red with embarrassment and mainly from guiltiness. Justin also looked down. "Its okay guys I'll fix this!" Amrit said resolutely getting up and heading for the door.

"I'm sorry if I caused any trouble before Loz...." Ritchie started at Loz who was sitting down her head in her hands in Biology. Loz looked up and smiled weakly at Ritchie. "Its okies, it wasn't your fault! Hes just gone a little weird lately!" Loz said pushing her hair back into her clips. Her hair flopped back again over her face. "Argh!!" She yelled. Ritchie took the clip from her and gently pulled her hair into place. "how do you close this silly thing?!" Ritchie asked deperately trying to clasp it in place. Scott walked around the corner to view the whole scene. He could feel his heart beating fast inside and the anger ascending throughout him. He was seething by the time Amrit caught up with him the hallway a few minutes later. She raised her eybrows at him. "Gosh do you get angry and stay angry! I've been looking for you for like half an hour, lunch is almost over and now you're still angry!" She blurted out smiling a little, hopefully. "Amrit what do you want?" He replied angrily. "YOU!" Was Amrit's laughing reply. Scott didn't smile, he glanced back into the tech room angrily the he comprehended what she had said and turned to her in confusion. "What?!" He said his forehead creasing in his cute concerned way.

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