Andrea

"Just give me a few minutes. I'm going to return Tori's book to her." I said to Tyler as we walked to his car at the end of school.

I remembered that I had borrowed Tori's biology text book and she was going to need it for her homework tonight.

"Sure, I'll be waiting by the car." Tyler replied.

I nodded my head and turned in the direction of the football field where Tori said she would be.

When I got closer, I saw her sitting on the bottom of the bleachers talking to Stephanie. I walked over to them.

"Hi Stephanie." I said when I reached where they sat.

Stephanie looked up at me and smiled. "Hi Emily."

"You've got a next match coming up soon?" I asked her.

She nodded her head. "Yes, our next match is next week Friday. We'll be playing against an undefeated school, so we're practicing everyday this week."

"That's cool. I hope you beat them." I replied.

"That's our plan." She grins.

"Stephanie is very optimistic." Tori interjected with a smile.

"Yeah and if we don't win, at least we'll know that we gave it our best shot." Stephanie adds.

"Most definitely." I agreed. I then dug into my bag for Tori's book. "Here you go." I said to Tori as I handed it to her.

"Thanks." Tori said taking the book from me.

"Tyler's waiting for me. I'll see you guys okay?" I said.

Tori nodded her head. "Sure, see you."

"Bye Emily." Stephanie said.

I turned away from them and head back in the direction of the parking lot. Tyler and I had another pair assignment to do and I was going over to his house today to do it.

On my way back to the parking lot, I run into Logan who was standing far away from the bleachers obviously waiting for me.

Before I could say anything, he demanded. "I saw you talking to Trisha earlier today. What did she tell you?"

"She told me all about you Logan. Why don't you just cut the game now?" I replied.

Logan run his hands through his hair frustratedly. "Look, yes I was still advancing on Trisha, but only because you weren't giving me a chance." He explained. "But she doesn't mean anything to me, only you. If we were a couple again, she or any other girl wouldn't be in the picture anymore."

I looked at Logan for a long time, trying to understand him before it all came to me. "You know what I think Logan? I don't think you care about me at all."

"Yes, I do." Logan interjected, interrupting me.

I shook my head. "No you don't. You just loved the idea of us as a couple." Logan remained quiet, so I continued. "What you need to do now is admit it to yourself. Admit it and move on."

"Is this because of Tyler?" He asked.

"No." I conceded. "This is about you. You don't know what you want, Logan but it's definitely not me. Just let it go because we are never getting back together."

As I said that, I stepped around him and left him standing there. I didn't turn back to look at him once. I just continued walking until I reached the parking lot where Tyler stood waiting on me.

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When we got to Tyler's house and exit the car, I saw Tyler's mother coming through the door.

"Hi Emily." She greeted me when she saw us.

"Hi Rachel." I returned.

Rachel turn to Tyler. "Tyler, I'm going out for a few minutes. I'll be back soon." As she said that, she entered her car and drive away.

"Let's go." Tyler said as he walked over to the front door of the house.

When we entered the living room, I sat down on the couch and got out my books from my bag so that we can start our assignment.

An hour later, we were finished with our assignment. I stand up from the couch I was sitting on and stretched my sore limbs. As I stretched, my eyes caught a picture on the credenza over in the corner of the living room. I couldn't see the picture clearly, but it looks like a picture of Tyler standing with his father.

"I haven't seen that picture before." I said as I walked over to it.

Tyler who was still sitting on the couch looked up at me. "What picture?"

I pointed my finger to the credenza. "That picture."

Tyler spun his head around to where I pointed. He then stand up quickly moving into that direction. "It's a picture of my dad and I. You don't need to see it."

I lifted my eyebrow in a curious gesture. "Why?" He didn't answer me, he just continued for the picture. I laughed. "Now I definitely wanted to see it."

I was much closer to the picture than Tyler, so I reached it in time and took it up. He tried to grab it from my hands, but I moved my hand away. "Okay you can see it, but do not laugh."

I grinned at him. "I promise I won't laugh." I walked back over to the couch with the picture in my hand. I sit down and got a better look at it. Tyler sat back down on the couch as well.

In the picture was Tyler and his father. It looked like they had gone fishing because Tyler stood with a fish in his hand. His father stood beside him with his hand on his shoulder. Tyler was young in the picture, but that was not what caught my attention about him.

First of, I had to look long and hard to see that it was Tyler. The boy in the picture didn't look like him at all. The boy had a head of curly hair that was hanging in his eyes. He was smiling widely showing the braces that he was wearing. This Tyler in the picture was the complete opposite of the Tyler I knew now.

I looked at Tyler. "How old were you in this picture?"

"I was twelve years old." He answered.

"How haven't I seen this picture before?" I asked.

"It wasn't here before. My dad had it. He brought a copy for me when he came here on Saturday. He said this was his favourite."

I looked at the picture again and smiled. He looked so adorable in this picture. "I didn't know you wore braces." I commented.

Tyler sighed. "Yeah, I got braces when I was ten years old. I wore it for four years. I got it removed when I started high school."

"Look at you, you were such a nerd." I said teasing him.

"No I was not." Tyler denied.

"Oh yes you were, but what's the problem? It's not so bad. You look so cute." I said still grinning.

"It's bad and I wasn't a nerd." He insisted.

"Okay. Whatever you say...nerd." Tyler glared playfully at me and I burst into laughter. It was so fun to tease him.

I was so caught up with laughing that I didn't realize when Tyler reached for me. Not realizing that I was on the edge of the couch, I moved back away from him and of course I fell on the carpeted floor.

Tyler looked over the edge of the couch at me. "Are you okay?"

"I'll live." I replied before Tyler started laughing.

Still on the floor, I glared up at him. "It's not that funny." I said.

"Oh yes it is." He replied as he continued to laugh.

I smiled. It was kind of funny. I stood up from the floor and the next thing I know, I was laughing at my clumsiness as well.

Just then the doorbell rang.

I looked over at Tyler. "Stop laughing at me now and go answer the door." I said still giggling.

"Fine, but you're still not going to get away with calling me a nerd." He said, turning away with a smile on his face. I shook my head at him and sat back down on the couch.

As he reached the front door, he pulled it open. On the other side of the door stood a girl I didn't know. The smile that was previously on Tyler's face disappeared as he looked at her.

From where I sat, I could see her. She was tall with shining dark hair and beautiful blue eyes. She stood confident with a small smile on her face. All in all, as I continued to look at her, I couldn't deny it; she is a really beautiful girl.

Her smile stretch a little bit more. "Hello Tyler." She said finally.

"Hello Andrea." Tyler said in a bland tone of voice.

Andrea?