Chapter Three
I turned around and gasped. There was my best friend since first grade,
Joey with about 4 or 5 other people. I ignored the other people and hugged Joey.
We hadn't seen each other for about three years, but we kept in touch. He
had moved to Florida in 5th grade, but it's a long story, we just saw each
other, like 3 years ago, so that's where it comes from.
"Damn, you got tall!" I noticed. He used to be real short.
"Yeah. Taller than you!" he laughed. I have been about 6 feet tall since
7th grade. Real tall.
"Amazing. What up man? Good to see ya!" I said, ignoring the other people
still. I was too happy to see Joey, and they didn't look familiar. They had
like, hats and stuff on. Joey always was odd, and had odd friends. I didn't
think any thing of it.
"Nothin'. Are you here alone?"Joey asked.
"Am I?" I glanced to the right. "SHANDA!! C'MERE AND SEE WHO I FOUND!"
I shouted.
Joey started laughing. "You haven't changed a bit, Amb. Still a loud
one!"
"Yup!! I sure am!" By that time, Shanda was at my side.
"Joey??" Shanda asked in surprise. "Where have you been?"
"I don't think we wanna know. Do we, Joe?" I asked, faking nervousness.
They both laughed. "No, you don't. Actually, I've been, well, this isn't
the place to say it," Joey said, a bit nervously. "But you never answered me
Amber. Do you like BSB?"
"Ask her!" I pointed to Shanda.
"Look in Amber's bag. You'll find out!" Shanda said, grinning.
I held the bag open to Joey and beamed. He looked in nervously.
"I take that as a yes! Damn, you don't like 'em. You're obsessed!" he
commented.
"You think that's bad? Her computer ran out of memory because of all the
pictures of them on it. And you should see her room!! It's COVERED in
posters!!" Shanda said.
"Well, Amber, what would you do if you met them? Scream and freak out?
Just stand there?" he asked, grinning slightly.
"Actually, I would just be myself! But that would scare them away!" I
said in a sad tone.
"No. I don't think they would.." Joey said. "Say, Amber, would you like
to go for a ride with us?" he asked.
I looked at Shanda. "Sure! You know I'm up for anything! Shanda too?" I
asked.
"Well, no. I have something to tell you,"he said, nervously again.
"I'll just stay here. How long will you be?" she asked.
"Quite a while! Probably at least till nine!" Joey said. "Please, hurry
and decide!"
"All right. I'm comin'. Shanda, when Deanna comes, tell her that I'm fine
and not to worry, kay? If she worries, tell her I'm with Joey. She knows
Joey well, and trusts him," I told Shanda. "Kay?"
"Kay," she agreed.
"Ok, let's go. I'm scared now though!" I told Joey.
He laughed. "Don't be!"
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Once outside, I noticed there was a limo outside. That is really weird, I
thought, Maybe Joey has something relly good to tell me!
Joey took me aside. "Amber, you were telling the truth about what you
would do if you met BSB, right?" he asked me.
"Aside from scaring them away, yeah. Why?" I was starting to suspect who
Joey's friends were. I thought, 'That can't be! Amber, girl, you're losing
it!'.
"Okay. No reason. Get in the limo." He opened the door for me, and told
me that they would be in in a second. Then he shut the door. I saw him
outside talking to his friends. His friends looked around and made sure
there was no one around, then took off their big coats and hats and stuff
that was blocking their faces from view. I was thrilled to see who it was.
