Just Not Sure - Chapter 2 - The Run-In

After school Erica headed towards the dormentory. She just felt like being alone. "This sucks, i didn’t come to this school because of him.....i dont even know him that well! But why does he act like he likes me and then goes around and kisses other girls?!!" Erica thought outloud. BAM, she knocked into another girl. "Oh i’m sorry! I should of looked where i was going!" Said the girl. "No it’s ok, i turned the other way, its my fault." Erica replied. "Ok, well its both our faults!" Joked the girl. "My name’s Maria, you?" Maria asked. "Oh, hey i’m Erica." Erica said. "You look kinda lost, do you know where your going?" Maria asked. "Um...I know where i’m supposed to be going, i just moved here to PPAS, and i gotta find my dorm but i cant find the dormentory." Erica explained. "Oh, well i’ll help you! I go to that school too, i thought u looked familiar. I saw you walking out of school for lunch today. I was going to follow you and talk to you but then Chris called me over, do you know who he is?" Maria asked Erica, not realizing what had happened at lunch. "Yea, i know who he is, i sit next to him in homeroom."Erica replied, Chris.....she never thought that she would ever not want to hear the name. "Well, i’m on my way there too. My boyfriend Jesse is supposed to be meeting me there." Maria added. "I’ll introduce you guys, but, if you know Chris you’ll probably know him. Jesse Mccartney, does that sound familiar?" Erica’s eyes grew wide. "YOU MEAN JESSE MCCARTNEY FROM DREAM STREET!?" Maria laughed. "haha, yup! thats him." "Omg! your sooo lucky you can date a guy from DS!" Erica envied her, even though Jesse wasn’t her favorite. "Its not as great as you think, i never get to see him and when he tries to call i’m never home." Maria said sadly. "But he is a great boy friend when i see him! I live in Westchester, down the street from him." Maria added. "cool! I’m from New Hartford, NY, like, 5 hours from here." Erica stated. Maria thought of a idea. "Hey! Since Jesse is bringing Frankie to go get ice cream with us, why dont you come too!? That way it would be 2 girls and 2 guys?!" Maria loved her idea, And so did Erica. "OMG! Sure! I would love to go!" So the 2 Girls walked towards the dormentory. "Hey! Theres my baby!" Jesse said smiling. "Havent seen you inna while." He added. "Oh i know, hopefully that will change." Maria Joked. She hugged Jesse. They didn’t see eachother a lot so the time they had together was special. "Jesse, this is Erica." Maria introduced. "Hey Erica." Jesse said. "Hey." Erica replied. "Aight we gotta go pick up Frankie from his school." Reminded Jesse. "Oh yea! Ok c’mon guys." Maria was already walking ahead of them. On the way they all talked. "Sooo.....Erica, how do you like PPAS? Meet anyone nice?" Jesse asked. "Oh...besides Maria." He winked at her. Maria blushed. "Um..not really, i did meet Chris and someone names Heather." Erica answered. "HAHA, great first impression of kids at school." Jesse joked. Erica giggled. "Know, they’re not THAT bad, Chris is pretty.....ok...and Heather just doesnt like me." Erica said. "Heh, Heather doesn’t like anyone." Erica reassured her. Before they knew it they were at Frankie’s school. "Hey Frankie!!" Jesse and Maria yelled. Frankie was just walking out of school. "Hey Jesse,Hey Maria, Hey..Erica right?" "Yea" Erica responded. "Ya’ll ready for some ice cream!?" Jesse yelled. "YEA!!" Everyone shouted back. They walked to the ice cream parlor. Tehy all ordered Milkshakes. Erica and Maria got vanilla and Jesse and Frankie got chocolate. They all talked so noone really noticed that Erica harldy ate or talked. Until Frankie looked over and saw her. "Hey Erica, everything ok?" He asked. Erica lifted her head. "What? oh....yea.....everything’s.....um...fine" She replied. "Oh yea, that sounds reassuring." Maria said trying to make her laugh. Frankie was determined to find out what was going on. After ice cream jesse and Frankie walked the girls to their dorms. Jesse and Maria walked hand in hand. Erica wished that could of been her and Chris. But Chris would never know how she felt. Would he even care? There’s so many girls that liked him and so many girls he liked." A small tear fell from Erica’s brown eyes. "Ok that’s it." Frankie grabbed Erica’s arm. "What?" Erica asked. "Hey guys! you coming?" Mariah yelled back. "Yea we’ll be there in a minute." Frankie answered. "Tell me what’s wrong!" Frankie pleaded. Him and Erica sat on a bench. Erica sighed. "I can’t tell you. It’ll be too embaressing!" Erica stated. "Erica, please tell me." Frankie looked at her right in her eyes. Erica took a deep breath. "Okay, it’s sort of about Chris, See, i didn’t know that he went to PPAS and when i found out i was really excited! But, then i saw him kissing in the hall and i thought he liked me because he was giving me all these signs, i should of known that he couldnt like someone like me.." Erica began to cry. "Is that what’s been bugging you? Aww Erica, don’t worry about Chris, it probably doesnt mean anything, he always kisses girl fans. Its just a crush." Frankie hugged Erica. "But, it wasn’t those kind of kisses, it was more like, like....when people kiss when they loved eachother." Erica tried to explain. "And now i can never tell him how i feel, it would feel to stupid because what if he does really like her, i’d be setting myself up for rejection." Erica couldnt take all the hurt. "All i want to do is atleast be friends with him, my dad died too. Atleast i would know how he feels, and I-" "I’ll find out for you, i dont want you to be so upset." Frankie cut her off by saying that. "Really Frankie? Thanks soo much, you’ve made my day a lot better." Erica smiled. Frankie wiped the tears from her eyes. "Now c’mon, Maria and Jesse probably think we got lost." They both laughed.

.:.:.:.:.:.:.:>>>Friday Evening 6:40pm<<<:.:.:.:.:.:.

Erica was really excited. Trista and Lindsay finally got to come up, but she couldn’t see her mom, Her mom was still on that "dumb trip" as Erica would say. Erica waited at the Train station with the boys from Dream Street and Maria. "Ugh! Where are they!?" Erica was growing impatient. "Maybe they’re lost." Greg suggested. Maria hit greg in the stomach. "Yea! tell her that Greg!" Maria said sarcastically. They all laughed. FInally she saw them walking towards where DS and Maria, and her were. "OMG!! HEY GUYS!!" Erica was really excited. "HEY GURL!!! HEY GUYS!" Trista yelled. "Hey Erica! Hey guys, Hey Matt!" Lindsay followed. Matt waved. He was happy to see them too. But mostley Lindsay. After the quick "reunion" they went to go hang out in Central park. It got really pretty at night with all the lights. SO there they sat. Frankie, Trista, Maria, Jesse, Matt, Lindsay, Erica, Chris and Greg. They were all talking when they heard "Hey Chris, what are you doing here?" noone recognized the voice except Maria and Erica and Chris(of course lol) It was HEATHER. ‘Oh no! What is she doing here!!?’ Erica thought. "Yea, im hangin with some friends. wanna join?" Chris asked flirtatiously. Frankie looked over at Erica, Erica looked back. "Um, i thought it was going to be just us tonight Chris?" Frankie asked. "Well, it wont matter if she’s here will it?" Chris asked. Holding Heather’s Hand. Erica got up and walked away. Lindsay, Trista, Maria, Frankie and Jesse followed/. "So where are they going?" Greg asked. "I dunno, they;ll come back though." Chris reassured him.

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"Erica wait up!!" Maria yelled. On the way Frankie filled Trista and Lindsay on what was going on with Erica, Heather, and Chris. They felt really bad. When Erica finally couldnt run anymore she stopped and sat on a bench. They all caught up and sat across from her. Her head was down, she really didnt want them to see her cry. Frankie lifted her chin. "It’s ok Erica, remember what i said? about the crush?" Frankie reminded her. ‘What Crush? Why are Erica and Frankie getting so close?’ Trista asked herself. "HEY GUYS!! CHRIS WANTS U GUYS BACK!!" Greg came from behind them yelling. They all sighed. "OK! We’re coming!" Lindsay yelled back. They all got up to walk except Erica and Frankie. "You can go, don’t wait for me." Erica said to him. "And leave u in Central park at night by yourself!?" Frankie said. "I want to make sure your ok." "Why do you care so much Frankie?" She asked him. He sat back down. closer to her than before. "Because, i feel bad and someone like you shouldn’t be so hurt and-" He stopped. "And what?" "and i think i may be.......falling for you." Erica sat there. SHOCKED. Frankie leaned in and kissed her on the lips. Nothing stopped Erica, although she wanted to hold back. When they let off she sat there deep in thought. ‘Oh no.. Trista is going to kill me’