~~ On the walk to Hot Topic~~ Heather licked her ice cream cone while talking with A.J. and the rest of the guys. Jenn and Howie fell back behind the rest of the group, talking. A.J. continued to babble on and on about his hair and what color he should dye it. Finally Heather interrupted, “A.J., man I love ya like a brother and all, but if you dye your hair green I’m gonna pretend I don’t know you.Okay?” Heather smiled sweetly at A.J. while he pouted and the rest of the guys started laughing hysterically. “Sorry, that’s just my sarcastic streak!” Heather apologized to A.J. and gave him a hug. By now they where at Hot Topic. Heather was still munching on her ice cream cone. “Uh Oh, guys I think I’m gonna have to sit this one out.” Heather said sadly pointing to the NO FOOD ALLOWED sign. “Oh bummer.” said A.J. “Thats ok. I’ll be over there and as soon as I’m done I’ll come in ok?” she said. “ I’ll wait with ya.” Jenn volunteered. “Oh please, I’m twenty years old, I think I can sit in a mall for ten minutes and eat ice cream for heaven’s sake!” Heather exclaimed.”Ok Ok ya don’t need to bite my head off!” Jenn grumbled. “Sorry, know go! Shoo Shoo!!” Heather laughed. The guys and Jenn walked into the store while Heather went in the opposite direction to a nearby bench. She sat there, thoughtfully munching on her ice cream cone. She saw everyone in Hot Topic laughing at clothes and jewelry. Her eyes rested on Brian and he looked up. He smiled and waved then went back to talking with Nick. *I wonder whats up with him* Heather thought, *One minute he’s biting my head off yelling at me, the next he’s friendly. MEN!* Heather was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn’t see Brian leave the store and walk over to where she was sitting. Brian stood there awkwardly wondering exactly why he came over here. *Face it man, even though you like her, she doesn’t like you. She probably already has a boyfriend* He thought. “Can I sit here?” Brian’s voice threw Heather out of her thoughts. “Yeah, sure. Knock your socks off.” she replied with a hesitant smile. There was an uncomfortable silence until they both started talking. “Heather I--” “Brian I--” They laughed and then Heather said, “Go ahead, you were saying?” Brian suddenly got shy. “Uh I uh just wanted to apologize for before,” he took of his hat and started playing with it nervously, “I’m not usually like that, and I really don’t want you to be mad at me.” he said looking up into Heather’s eyes. Heather looked into his blue eyes. *He sounds like he’s really upset* Heather thought. She decided to forgive him. “It’s okay. I’m sorry about the way I acted. I thought your were some egotistical jerk who thought he was better than everyone else. It’s just sometimes I get carried away..” she trailed off still staring at Brian. They moved closer when all of sudden they heard Jenn yell, “Hey guys. Break it up! This is a family show!!” Heather and Brian blushed and stood up. Heather threw her napkins away and walked over to Jenn. “I’m gonna kill you in your sleep!” Heather threatened. Jenn just smiled. “OH Crap! Jenn! We left our bags back at the arcade!” Heather realized. “Shit, your right! And we don’t have time to go to the other side of the mall to get them or we will be late for work!” Jenn exclaimed. Brian spoke up,” Do you want us to get them, then drop them off at your house later?” Heather smiled,”Would you? That would be awesome!” We live at 149 Grove Ave, Apt. 8 Wilkes~Barre. Do you need directions?” “Nah, we’ll find it.” “Okay, we get off of work at 10 so how about we meet ya at 10:30 at the house?” “Sure” the guys said. “Oh by the way the bags are under Heather Samstone ok?” “Got it” Brian said,”See ya at 10:30” ~~~~ with the girls in their car ~~~~ “Oh my God! Heather I cannot believe you just invited HOWIE to our house! HOWIE!! hooowwie! What am I gonna wear? What am I say? What are we gonna do? “Jenn, chill out!” “Oh right like your soooo calm! I saw they way you and Brian were sitting on that bench! You were practically in his lap!” “I was not!” Heather defended herself,” He probably doesn’t even like me!” “Umm Earth to Heather he was the one who suggested picking up our stuff and bringing it to our house later!” “Oh yah thats right! Oh my God what am I gonna do!” “Well right now we got to go on the air!” Jenn said as they pulled into the radio station parking lot. “Ok let’s go!” Heather said.~~~`With the guys ~~~ “Can I help you?” a bored clerk at the arcade said. “Uh yes, we are here to pick up Heather Samstone’s bags.” Brian spoke up. “Ah yes. Here you go. Have a nice day and thank you for coming.” the clerk said monotonusly. “Bye” said the five guys. “Well, let’s see what they bought!” A.J. said devilishly. “No, we can’t do that!” Brian said “Come on Rok,” Nick pleaded,”Just cuz you got the hots for Heather doesn’t mean we can’t look!” “I do not have the hots for Heather.” Brian defended himself. The guys looked at each other then Kevin spoke up,” Uh yes you do man. You got it bad!” Brian saw that he was cornered,”Well maybe, but Howie likes Jenn!” he said. Howie turns red. Nick says, “Howie,bro ya look like a tomatoe!” They guys laughed. “Back to the important things,” A.J. interrupted,”Can we pleeeease look at what they bought?” Brian and Howie looked at each other. They didn’t want the girls to be mad at them, but at the same time they were curious themselves...
