"HEY! What the heck was that!?!" Brian screamed as I ran by him, dropping an ice cube down his back.

"BJ told me to!" I announced, pointing to my friend who was only a few steps behind him. Brian swung around and gave her an irritated look.

"WHAT?!?" BJ screamed guiltily. Brian just continued staring at her. "OK, ok... maybe I did dare Corinne to drop ice down your back. But she told me to pour soda over AJ's head, so I had to do something to get her back!" BJ defended herself.

Brian busted out laughing. "Awe man... you did that to AJ?! Don't tell me he was with some girl at the time!!" he chuckled.

"Without a doubt!" I said, laughing at the memory. "Come on, Bri! You should know AJ by now... he wastes no time when it comes to women!"

BJ reluctantly started to giggle. "Dang! I thought he was gonna KILL me!!" she screamed. That just made me laugh harder. "Oh, sure... you think it's funny! I was the one standing there getting screamed at while you laughed in the background! Some friend you turned out to be!" BJ yelled.

"Yeah... but I'll never forget the shade of blue AJ's face turned before you started running away, screaming, 'run Corinne! Save yourself! Run like the wind!' " I choked out, hysterically laughing. Brian practically hit the pavement he was laughing so hard.

"What are you doing to my friend?!!" Nick shouted, walking up to Brian, oblivious of the conversation we just had.

"Oh... hey man! It's... it's a l-long st-story!!" Brian gasped behind his laughter. Nick raised his eyebrows at Brian quizzically, but didn't attempt to figure out what was going on.

"THERE YOU ARE!!" AJ screamed a few yards away from BJ and I. Both of us immediately stopped laughing with a long gasp, as we stared at AJ. "I'm gonna KILL you, BJ!!" he shouted.

"CORINNE DID IT, CORINNE DID IT, CORINNE DID IT!!!!!!!!!" BJ screamed in terror. I shot her a "thanks-a-lot" look, and looked back over at AJ. He was staring at me furiously, and I tried to smile.

"Uh... hey man!" I said. With a quick grin, I turned to run.

"Oh no you don't!!" AJ shouted as he chased me. I only made it a couple of yards before AJ grabbed me up.

"AHHHHHH!!" I screamed as he spun me around, laughing.

"You leave my friend alone!!" BJ shouted, suddenly discovering a bit of courage. "Don't worry, Corinne! I'll save you!!" she shouted in mock bravery. She ran up to me and AJ, leaving Brian and Nick alone, laughing.

"Do I even want to know what that's about?" Nick asked Brian.

"Naw man... it's not important," he chuckled as he watched the three of us, 'fighting' with each other. AJ was holding me upside down by the legs, trying to force me into a trash can, while BJ pounded on his shoulders with her fists. All of us were laughing and shouting death-threats at each other. Brian started grinning and laughing under his breath.

Nick turned in time to notice the goofy grin on Brian's face. He smiled mischievously and said, "Hmm. Now there's a girl that knows how to have fun! I mean, look at that!" he told Brian who was obviously already staring in my direction.

"What are you trying to say, Nick?" Brian asked.

"Oh... nothing. I just thought about the conversation we had earlier, and you know... just made reference to the situation," Nick stated calmly.

Brian rolled his eyes. "Nick, I should have never told you I liked her."

"Why?" Nick asked him. "What's wrong with me making a suggestion?"

"Come on, man! Sarah and I will probably work things out... we always do," he said with a moan. "Plus, she's too young for me! She is only 17."

"18," Nick exclaimed. "Remember? She turned eighteen at the end of March. Plus, that's only a 6 year difference... and if I remember straight, your last girlfriend was about 6 years older than you!!" he shouted, almost in triumph.

Brian sighed. "I just don't see it happening anytime soon, Nick. I mean... so what if I like her? She doesn't seem to show any interest in me."

"Oh, you have no idea!" Nick snickered under his breath.

Before Brian could ask what Nick said, AJ, BJ, and I walked up. We all had our arms around each other and we were laughing... but AJ's arms were bright red from BJ's batterings, and my hair was wet because AJ had stuck my face in the water fountain. It seems as though we had a hate/love relationship! But, we loved each other like brother and sister, and what normal brother and sister would we be if we didn't totally abuse one another?!

"Brian... you could of helped me, ya know!!" I said walking up to him.

"Yeah... but what fun would that have been?!" he asked me, grinning wickedly. I just stuck my tongue out at him.

"So, what happened with the Chick, AJ?" Nick asked, taking a wild guess that the fight was over some girl.

"Um... let's not go there!" AJ said, blushing.

We all stood around talking until Kevin and Howie eventually showed up. Kevin had stuck the teddy bear he won for Angel on top of his head.

"Nice hat man!" I shouted to him. He looked at me a little confused, but then remembered the teddy bear.

"Oh... yeah... hey, ya like it?" Kevin asked, smiling. "It's the latest fashion. You should see some of the looks I've gotten tonight!" he giggled.

"I can only imagine!" I said. We all discussed fashion 'do's' and 'don'ts' for a while, and then decided it was getting late and we should leave.

"You comin'?" Brian shouted, turning around to look at me. I had stopped to tie my shoe.

"Yeah! Go on ahead, I'll catch up!" I shouted back with a smile. Brian smiled back, and turned to walk out with the others.

Just as I had finished, I heard a few familiar voices behind me. "Hey Chlorine!" someone shouted mockingly. I turned around to see two guys from my school: Jack and Timothy.

"What do you guys want? And it's Corinne... not chlorine. You big idiots," I said that last part under my breath.

"Sorry chlorine, how 'bout we call you Clown, instead?" Jack said.

"How 'bout you go fail another math test instead?" I asked, irritated. I stared him straight in the eye as he cringed.

"Not that you'd know anything about math... you're too busy drooling over your Backstreet Boys pictures!" Timothy retaliated. I gave him a look. I never brought pictures to class. The only ones I owned were in my locker.

"Yeah... especially that one curly haired clown! You seem to have him covering the majority of your locker!" Jack shouted, refering to Brian.

"How would you know what's in my locker, you Britney Spears wannabe?" I asked, hurt by the reference he made towards Brian.

"At least Britney is better than a bunch of 'New Kids' ripoffs!" they shouted.

I scowled at their comment. I wasn't partial to Britney myself, and the fact that they were slamming a few of my best friends made it much worse. I folded my arms across my chest looking around. Then, an idea hit.

I let a wicked grin spread across my face. Then, looking around at the crowd, and making sure the guys had made it out of the park safely, I inhaled a deep breath and screamed, "OH MY GOD!! IT'S TWO OF THE BACKSTREET BOYS!!!!!!" I pointed at Timothy and Jack as I heard girls scream, "Where?! Where are they?" Then, almost like a stampede, they came running, (and screaming) over to the two guys. They took off, faster than I've ever seen them run before, as the crowd chased them down.

"Ha, ha, ha" I laughed mockingly to myself. "It seem's those girls don't think Britney's better than the Backstreet Boys!!" With that note, I turned and left the amusement park.