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What was exciting here was that Alex had great selection Chevelle, Hawthorne Heights, Dashboard Confessional, they were all such great bands

I decided on Rise Against and slid it into the CD player Five seconds later, the intro popped on

"You like Rise Against?" He sounded somewhat shocked

"Yeah…" What ith all the weird questions? "Why do you sound so surprised?"

"I just hadn’t pegged that about you"

"Pegged what about me? That I wouldn’t like ainst?"

He pressed the skip button, skipping the CD to the next song "That you’d be the kind of person who likes listening to music"

"Why?" I felt my skin war pissed "What kind of person would I have to be to like listening toto insult you? I’et to know you better That’s all"

"Oh" I wasn’t sure if he was telling the truth or not He sounded like he was, though "Well, I likekind"

His expression fell into a look of horror

"What’s wrong?" I asked Had I said so offensive? After all, I was a bit of a newbie at the whole socializing thing, but he was saying a lot of strange stuff to so…I don’t know

"It’s nothing" He shook his head "Sorry" His smile returned, but it looked forced He fiddled with the heater, turning it up full blast Then he cranked up the volume of the music so loud the s vibrated

I took it as a very unsubtle hint that our conversation was over, so I stopped talking

Neither one of us made solot and parked his Cae, which was now covered in a thin layer of snow

He turned the volu a break withhis polite tone, I replied, "Well, thanks for the break"

"Yep, no problem"

I opened the door and cli lot was ele lamppost that actually worked, so it was basically dark

I went to shut the door, but heard Alex say my name and paused

"Sweet dreaoose bumps sprout up on my skin

I smiled at him as I closed the door Then I juh for the ice to melt away from the windshield To my surprise, Alex waited for me leave before he did He followedclosely behind ht turn onto Main Street There he turned left, his headlights disappearing and takingwith thehts at my two-story red brick home were off when I pulled into the driveway It was only a little after seven, too early for Marco and Sophia to be in bed They

I locked the back door behind ht switch and flipped it on I grabbed a Coke and an apple fro whether or not to do my homework My brain was distracted by the weird day I’d had The weird day I’d spent with Alex

My day with Alex

Holy freaking cow

A light suddenly flipped on behind me

"And where have you been?"

I whirled around, al at the bottom of the stairs with her hands on her hips She had a fluffy pink robe on, and her auburn hair was curled up in rollers I guessed I’d been wrong when I assu around in the dark for me to show up?

So weird

"I was out with…a friend," I told her, knowing how unnatural the word "friend" sounded co out of my mouth

She narrowed her eyes "You don’t have any friends"

"Yes, I do," I protested "Sort of"

"If that’s the case, then why haven’t I seen any of these friends?"

"Maybe because I don’t want to bring them over here," I snapped hotly

A strand of her hair unwound fro with over here?"

I gave an exhausted sigh "Nothing’s wrong with here I don’t knohy you care about any of this anyway"

Her eyes widened "I don’t" She pushed pastover her shoulder, "In fact, I don’t care what you do at all"