Amanda's pov

I went out shopping to excersice with Jess that morning. We walked into American Eagle, Abercrombie, Hollister, and FYE. Ut took us four hours and almost ten bags later, but we finally trudged out of the mall.(sorry pics wouldnt show)

From American Eagle:
Amanda: a long sleeved ribbed shirt, light blue; a turqoise stone necklace, low rise dark flare pants
Jess: a short sleeved cream colored shirt with amrican eagle written on it with brown font

From Abercrombie:
A: 3 halfway button down polos, in red, pink, green
J: a tee that says kick me on the front and back, reversed on back(lol)

From Hollister:
A: A zip up crocheted sweater, a denim destroyed miniskirt
J: denim miniskirt with tweed hem and a long sleeved blue knit shirt

At FYE we bought the new Click Five Cd, Black Eyed Peas, Jess bought, like, five bajillion DVDs (like Phantom Of The Opera and R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet on DVD).

Then we carried our ten-ish bags out of the store.

"owowowowow....remind me never to wear these shoes again."
"we can throw them at john and joey."
"yeah. two inchers hurt. i know they hurt to walk in, but to get hit i nthe head with?"
"i was kidding." i said, rolling your eyes and unlocking the car.
"well i knew what! im just saying...think about it."
"shutup jess."

we drove back and put all of our new clothes on just to try them on again, even though we took long enough doing that in the store. john knocked on the door and came in, and caught us catwalking. he laughed and jess threw a shoe at him. not at his head, but it must have hurt a bit. i threw a pillow at him, and ten minutes later, ended up putting my new shirt in the wash, because it was covered in crap from the floor. ill kill him.

i made sure to put all of my new clothes away, and went into the kitchen with the two of them. well, not really because jess went into watch a movie. i heard singing...but it was r kelly thankfully. not the phantom. its a good movie, but not at lunch. i heated up last nights lasanga and put it in two dishes and sat them down on the bar.

"so what'd you get?"
"some shirts and cds, and a skirt. i think. i tried trying it on, but you guys got it all dirty."
"sorry. i couldnt tell they were brand new. i dont keep up with your clothes."
"well i do." i said, pointing a fork at him.
"okay then. this is good. who made it?" he asked through a mouthful of pasta.
"not me. i burn toast."
"we got it prepackaged. just heat it up, and serve it up!" jess said sing song-ingly (not a real word sorry)

"yum." he said, accidentaly dropping sauce onto my new jeans.
'AAAH!. crap! get it of...!" i said, swiping the sauce off of my leg. it was too late. i glared at john.
"thanks for lunch, amanda! bye!" he kissed me on the cheek and ran out. i hate him. jk.

johns pov

i thought over it all last night, and decided. this year i would recieve my bachelor's degree, which would enable me to go on working in the real world. i could leave tcu with amanda, and buy a house and earn enough money to finally have the wedding. how i was going to pull this off, i didnt know. but id find a way.

"really working hard on that biology paper, arent you? and its only" joey checked his watch "2:15. gosh." he faked a serious face my way.

"well, its due at 7 tomorrow morning. dont you have one to write too? and isnt it 6 pages long?"

joey ran off to the library to do some marine animal research while i typed mine up at the dorm. my cellular rang and i reached for it absent-mindedly, trying to type with one hand.

"hello?"
"hi." it was amanda again. she sounded more tired than anything.
"sleep well?"
"yeah. you didnt have to..."
"but i did."
"thanks. i was thinking ...this summer."
"what about it?"
"getting married. this summer." i heard someone chewing cheerios in the background.
"yeah...7 months..are you sure?"
"absolutely."
i stopped trying to type with one hand and held the phone to my ear with me shoulder.
"okay. great. um, see you later."
"bye."

i hung up and called my older brother, luke.

"hey."
"mom, it's john!" my brother's familiar, deep voice yelled away from the phone.
"JOHN! hello! how are you? we missed you at thanksgiving and on your 2-week vacation! how are you honey?" my mom cried.
"im fine mom, can you put luke back on?"
"i see you dont want to talk to your dear old mother...alright. hold on"
"hello?"
"hey luke, its been moved again."
"gosh. when now? next week? should i call the tour buses and load us all down there?"
"no. this summer. late summer."
"but you'll still be in college."
"you're still at our parent's house." i laughed.
"im visiting since dad's sick. you know that."
"how is he?"
"so-so."
"i've got a plan about the whole college thing. dont worry."
"alright...peace."
"hey...luke?"
"yeah?"
'tell dad i said hi."

i hadn't talked to my dad for years, because of an argument. im not going to go into it. but ever since june he hasnt been breathing very easily...we checked him out at the doctor, and they cant help much. it may be chronic. and since the whole charlene thing...i dont know. i just wanna work things out. my mom and dad would shun me if they knew my plan, and my secret.

amandas pov

i was so happy inside. scared, and wondering howi  was going to pull this off. me, married in college? what would everybody think? worst of all, what if he wasnt the one?

all of these second thoughts rushed through my head. i called john to talk to him about it, but the phone was busy. who did he ever call?

i waited and watched a rerun of made, and after a while, called back. joey picked up the phone.

"hello?" he said, suprisingly eagerly.
"hi. can i talk to john, joey?"
"yeah. whats up?"
"nothing."
"okay, here you go..." "hello?"
"hey john."
"whats up, you just came over?"
"i know. but 4 months is too soon." i said reluctantly.
"how? i thought 2 years was too long to wait?"
"yeah...but its only halfway through october. it'll be, like, march. we'll still be in school. there will be tons of rumors. i want to be able to be living in a home, not a dorm, when im married. i want to get a job, and have my own schedule, instead of one run by bells. i hope you understand." silent tears trickled down my cheeks.
"of course.it's okay. you want me to come over?"
"yeah. i think so."
"okay. ill be there in a minute."

john came over and we put on a movie, lit the fireplace and he put his arms around me, underneath  blanket on my couch. i woke up the next morning in my bed, covers pulled up all around me. i shot up, thinking i was late for class, and then remembered it was sunday. so i slept.

Johns POV

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yah, the party was awesome... we danced like the whole time and had fun... ryan got drunk and passed out... denise now being one month pregnant.... and me and amanda getting married in about 2 and a half years, its like a reality SMACK in the face.. so yah im excited but its crazy how now ryans stuck with this decision for the REST of his life and especially for denise, her life has changed forever. its scary almost....

I blocked out of my train of thought when i heard a knock on the door. i opened it and it was amanda.

"hey, i wanna move up the engagement."

"to when?"

"in 4 months"

what? my mind was racing

"but why?"

"because i love you john, and i dont need to wait 3 years to be sure of that."

i kissed her softly "i love you too."

oh my. i was going to be a husband... at 19?!?

jess pov

we need to stop throwing so many parties. really. our dorms are getting, like, dump-ish.

"how long have you been going here?" i yelled at this guy i met at my party, who someone had invited. i dont know, we put flyers up and people came.

"3 years" he yelled back, over the music and other people talking and dancing.

"oh. and whats your name again?" i really did have to move closer. i could not hear him.
" marcus."
"oh. hi"
"whats yours again?"
"jess."
"oh. hi."
that was awkward. i pretended to go get a drink and went over to all of the familiar people. i greeted clay by kissing him and then sitting down near him.  greeted everyone else by saying hi.

"who was that?" this girl i know named Sarah asked.
"marcus" i yelled again.
"lets DANCE!" amanda yelled.

that new fall out boy song came on. oh my gosh i love that song. it makes me feel all breathless. kindve like when im with clay. kissing clay. but not really. minus the kissing part.

we walked outside to eat pizza and talk like sane people instead of yelling some more.

"ok...weird question coming up...who would you go gay for?" i asked everyone at our table.

"yeah jess, that is weird. shutup" amanda said and elbowed me. "you dont go asking " she laughed and ate pizza "people" laugh "that stuff" now everyone was laughing at her.

"see? its so weird its " laugh "funny."

its these little times im glad i know how to use my brain.

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