Chapter Eleven Ritchie: "Okay, you have a lot of explaining to do," Amanda said, hands on her hips. My mouth opened but no words came out. The slap was still stinging on my face. Man could that girl hit.    "Listen, we'll talk later," I said, turning and walking out of the studio. I pushed open the double doors and scanned the parking lot. Nikki was sitting in her car, staring straight ahead. I made my way up to it and knocked on her rolled up window. She looked over and glared at me, then looked straight ahead again. It was then I noticed her tear streaked face. My heart fell a bit.    "Nik, I'm sorry," I yelled loudly. "I really didn't mean to!" She rolled down her window. Wow, that was easy, I thought to myself.    "You don't have to scream," she said flatly. "I can hear you just fine through the window." She rolled up her window again.    "Nik, please, last night meant nothing to me, really" I pleaded through the window.    "Oh really?" a voice behind me said. I shut my eyes immediately. Could this day get any worse? I slowly turned around. Yup, here it came. Amanda hit me with a slap across my other cheek just as the stinging from the previous one was beginning to subside. "I can't believe you!" she exclaimed. I was speechless. Nikki started up her car and drove away and Amanda stormed back inside, deserting me. Whitney: "Yeah, I started out with ballet then got into jazz and tap and a bit of hip hop, believe it or not, and it all just led up to this," I shrugged. I was sitting in my loft apartment with Abs again. For some reason I invited him over, just to chat. We were sitting on the floor, eating Chinese.    "Then where'd you meet Dom?" Abs wondered, taking a bit of his food. A strange feeling flowed through me, hearing Abs mention Dom's name.    "Um, I met him while I was in stage school," I explained.    "Oh, really? Where'd you go?" he asked.    "Italia Conti," I replied. His mouth dropped.    "Seriously?" he asked. I nodded. "I went there too!" I laughed a bit.    "Wow. What a small world after all," I responded. After we finished eating, Abs began to get up. "Where are you going?" I asked.    "I don't want what happened yesterday to happen again," he laughed a bit. I reached out my hand and he took it and pulled me up next to him. We walked to the door and he pulled it open.    "Thanks for dinner," I said when we stopped.    "Thanks for the company." he replied. I nodded a bit. I reached up and kissed him quickly on the cheek. I pulled back, feeling myself blush a bit. He smiled. "Bye." he said, stepping out and shutting the door. I pressed my hand against the door, not moving for a second. I bit my bottom lip. I pulled the door open again and Abs was still there. He leaned in and kissed me generously on the lips. I pulled him back inside and shut the door. Scott: "Rease?" I asked, brushing a few strands of hair off her face. She was laying against me on the couch, our arms around each other.    "Yeah?" she asked, raising her head a bit to look at me.    "We've been seeing each other a lot," I said. "I was just wondering, do you want to make it official?"    "What do you mean?" she asked, a bit confused.    "I mean, do you want to be open about our relationship? I think we should let everyone know we're together. Let everyone know I have the most beautiful girlfriend a guy could get."    "Well if you put it like that..." she smiled. "Of course. I'm dying to let everyone know we're together."    "Great," I replied, kissing her softly on the head. Chapter Twelve...