Chris and Charity held hands as they walked passed the mall stores. They walked by a store that smelt of Calvin Klein cologne. Suddenly, a chill came over Charity. Cameron always used to wear Calvin Klein cologne. Whenever she smelt that scent, she�d think of Cameron. Chris and Charity walked over to the food court to grab a slushy and two cinna-bons. They sat down in a booth together near the treetops. They both made themselves comfortable before talking. �What�s your favorite food?� Chris started �Hahaha! I have this thing for stuffed shells. Mmmm! Those are good,� Charity licked her lips, �And you?� Chris laughed, �Definitely crabs!� �Favorite color?� �Blue and orange. Orange makes me look hot!� �Stop trying to be cute, Mr.!� �I don�t have to try to do that,� Chris joked, �Your fav color?� �Baby blue.� �Person most influenced by?� Chris asked. Charity stayed quiet before she answered this question. She grinned and said, �You.� Chris and Charity went on and on with their likes and dislikes. By 5:00, it seemed like they new everything about each other. �Oh snap! I promised my dad I�d help him cook for dinner tonight,� Charity said. �Do you have to?� Chris said in a pleading way. �Awww. You can come over my house tomorrow,� Charity smiled. They stood up and walked to the exit of the mall. Charity called for a cab to pick her up. Her and Chris sat at the bench waiting for it to come. �I had a really great time today, Charity,� Chris said softly. He brushed Charity�s hair with his hands, and started to lean in on her. Chris and Charity�s lips almost met when Charity said, �Me too, Cameron.� Chris suddenly leaned back and let go of Charity�s hair. Charity immediately noticed what she said. �Chris. I had a great time, Chris,� Charity panicked. She tried to make up for her name-dropping. Chris grimaced at Charity. She closed her eyes tightly, wishing she didn�t name drop. Just then, Charity�s cab pulled up by the curb. She smiled at him helplessly and got into the cab. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * They whole ride home Charity wondered why she said Cameron instead of Chris. �What�s wrong with me?� Charity questioned herself. Once she got home, she noticed no one was in the house. She looked in the kitchen and there was a piece of paper on the table. Charity/Brendan- Went out to a business meeting. I�ll pick up some fast food on the way home. I�ll be home by 7:00. ~Dad Charity sighed and went to check the messages. There was one message. �Charity! It�s me, Melanie. Call me when you get this message. Bye!� Charity was so siked that one of her friends back at home called. She quickly dialed Melanie�s number. �Hello?� Melanie said on the other line �Hey Mel! It�s me, Charity.� �Oh my gosh! Hey! Everyone misses ya over here!� �Really? Mel, you would not guess who bumped into me-� Charity was ready to explain everything about Chris when she cut her off. �-Have you seen Cameron�s AOL profile lately?! He�s such a pig. You know what he put in his profile?� Charity�s heart sank. She didn�t want to know what was in Cameron�s profile. She didn�t want to think anything of him. She sighed and said, �What?� �It said: Hey ladies. I�m not going into any serious commitment this summer. If you need some loving, call me!� Charity�s mouth dropped open. That wasn�t the same Cameron she went out with. Charity didn�t say anything to Melanie for over 5 minutes. �Charity? Are you there? Hello?� Melanie asked anxiously. �Umm�yeah. I�m here. I-I have to make dinner now. Uh�bye,� Charity finally said. �Oh. Well, call me later okay? Maybe you can come over here or I can go over there or something. Bye,� Melanie hung up the phone. Charity couldn�t believe it! Cameron couldn�t get another girl! He just couldn�t. That wasn�t like him. He�s not a player. �Who am I kidding? Cameron is the hottest guy in school! Girls would be drooling over him,� Charity thought to herself. It was only then that Charity realized why she name-dropped Chris�s name. She ran upstairs to her bedroom and fumbled through her garbage. She collected scraps from Cameron�s picture she recently tore up. Charity tried putting the pieces together to see Cameron�s face. �Why am I doing this?� Charity thought, �I can�t like Cameron. I-I-I just can�t!� * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * �Why did Charity call me Cameron?� Chris wondered. He had no idea who Cameron was. He was hoping that she wasn�t seeing someone else. He was almost positive he had her under his �spell�. How could she name-drop? Chris had been walking randomly around the mall after Charity left. He didn�t remember where the backstage room was and it was already 5:45. He hoped the guys didn�t leave without him. He was on the upper floor of the mall. Chris peered down to the bottom floor of the mall. He was searching for the stage, when a girl knocked into him. Chris said sorry to the girl, not noticing who it was. �Chris?� a familiar voice said from behind. Chris turned around, hoping it wasn�t who he thought it was. All his hopes were lost when he noticed it was Adrienne. But it wasn�t only Adrienne he saw. A tall boy with brown hair was standing next to her. His arm was around Adrienne�s. �Uhh�hi,� Chris didn�t know what to say. �Chris, this is Brian, Brian this is Chris,� Adrienne introduced him. �Hey! You�re one of those dorks from Dream Street,� Brian snickered. Chris didn�t even notice what Brian said. Both his eyes were on Adrienne. �So I was in the way of your �vacation�, wasn�t I?� Chris said in a disgusted voice to Adrienne. He couldn�t believe that Adrienne left Chris for another guy. �Babe, I think we should go,� Brian said to Adrienne. Brian was eyeing Chris up and down, thinking he was a psycho. Chris couldn�t look at Adrienne anymore so he turned around and left. What did Adrienne think she was doing? �What a freak!� Chris said to himself. He didn�t want to admit to himself then, but he was hurt. Chris tried to think of Charity�s friendly advice. Did that mean that him and Adrienne weren�t meant to be? Chris tried to shake that thought out of his head. He tried to think of Charity and what he did for her that morning, but that didn�t help. Could he possibly still have feelings for Adrienne? Suddenly, five girls ran after Chris saying, �You�re Christopher Trousdale! AHHHHHHH! We love you!� Chris was frightened by these girls and started running fast. One of the girls, however, managed to jump on top of Chris and mess up his spiked hair. Chris tried to walk somewhere else, but he couldn�t see with an annoying fan on his back. The fan on his back let loose as he ran into a room. He noticed that he was in the backstage area. He was lucky that the security guards were blocking the girls from attacking him. Jesse looked like he was dieing of laughter on the floor when Chris came in. �Next time- hahaha -next time you should- hahahahaha -watch out for the fans!� Jesse couldn�t make out his sentence. He was pointing and laughing at Chris because his clothes were wrecked and so was his hair. Once again, Chris took his bag and chucked it at Jesse. �Someone looks grouchy,� Matt said, �What happened to Charity?� �She went home. I think I should go home too,� Chris said sadly. He didn�t want to tell his group mates about her name-dropping. Chris had a depressed face on. He started to think about Adrienne. Frankie tried to study Chris�s face. �Oh, no. You bumped into Adrienne didn�t you?� Frankie knew Chris too well. �Bummer, Chris. Adrienne isn�t worth anything. Do you know how butt-oooglay she is anyway? You have Charity and she�s twice as pretty as Adrienne. Adrienne doesn�t even deserve to breathe the same air as Charity,� Greg tried to remove the sad face from Chris. �Adrienne has a new boyfriend. What did I do wrong? Why did she leave me for him?� Chris said aloud. �You didn�t do anything wrong, she did. She�s the one that left you. Besides, Greg is right. Charity is way better than Adrienne. Adrienne always seemed like a snob to me. Cheer up, man,� Jesse said. Chris rushed home, not wanting to think of Adrienne. He wanted to take a long, soothing shower until all his feelings for Adrienne just flowed out of him. �I can�t like Adrienne. We weren�t meant to be. I cant like Adrienne�can I?� Chris thought.
Chapter 6~
A Confusing Day
