3rd POV,
ANDERSON HOME

Aiden Anderson is looking at the ceiling of his bedroom, wearing a sleeveless shirt and plaid pajama shorts. He looks at a picture frame of him and Angie smiles.

Ever since he and Angie came back and the two of them got into an argument with each other at the formal dance, he and Angie had became intensely estranged. And Aiden didn't want that.

Sighing to himself, Aiden gets up and puts on a pair of loafers, walking away.

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SAUNDERS HOME

That night, I'm laying in my bed, looking at the ceiling. A gentle knock is on the door downstairs.

I get up and walks out of my bedroom and gently walks downstairs and into the living room.

I walks up to the door and opens it. Aiden is there.

"Aiden? What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"I do live across from you. And we need to talk." Aiden said, walking into the living room.

I close the door behind me and turns around to look at him, and folds my arms. "What do you want to talk about?"

"I don't want to be estranged anymore, Angie." Aiden said. "I deeply care about you, and you deeply care about me. So, I don't want us to be good again."

"Yeah. Sure." I said to him.

"Okay. So, you're homeschool, pretty cool." Aiden said.

"Yeah." I said, and smiles a little. "Goodnight, Aidy."

"Goodnight." Aiden said, and walks away, walking out of my home.

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SAUNDERS HOME

The Next Day. I gently walks downstairs and into the living room. My Mom and Dad are in the kitchen, preparing themselves for work. And Sharron Marvell sitting at the kitchen countertop, wearing her Cobra leather jacket.

"Hey, Mom, hey, Dad." I said, slowly walking into the kitchen.

"Hey, Angie." My Mom and Dad said in unison.

"Hey, Little Bean." Sharron said.

Violet (VO) Sharron is my former babysitter. She babysit me and Yvonne. And I'm like a little sister to Sharron as well.

"We'll see you guys around." My Dad said, walking away.

My Mom walks away after him. And they both walks out of the house.

Sharron and I exchange looks at each other.

"I need you to come with me." Sharron said to me.

"Yeah, sure." I said to her.

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TAVERN BODGE LOCAL BAR AND LOUNGE CLUBHOUSE

Sharron and I slowly walks inside the dimly lit main room. Some Cobra members are playing at the pool table. And some are sitting around at the round lounge tables.

"I'll be right back, okay?" Sharron said, walking away.

I slowly walks over to the U shaped sofa and sits down.

"You must be Angie Saunders?" A teenage girl said with hair with pink highlights in her hair.

I look at her. "Yeah. I am. But Who are you?"

"I'm Ziandra. Ziandra Tomas." Ziandra said, introducing herself to me. "Sharron talks about you sometimes."

"Nice to meet you, but how do you know me?" I asks Ziandra, a bit confused.

"Sharron has a picture frame of you in her bedroom in the upstairs bedrooms." Ziandra said, and glances at my ankle boots. "I like your ankle boots, very pretty."

Ziandra and I exchange looks at each other. And just like that. Something developed in between Ziandra and I.

"Ziandra, leave her alone." Pedro said to his girlfriend.

But Ziandra proceeds to irk me. "Angie S, truth or dare?"

"Umm, dare." I said.

"I dare you to pole dance in a lingerie outfit." Ziandra said.

"Ziandra?" Sharron said, slowly walking up to me and sits down on the armchair of the U shaped sofa. "Relax, please?"

"Angie S is softie. She's not quite the Cobra thing." Ziandra said.

"There's a party at the Tavern Bodge this evening." Sharron said, changing the subject.

"Great. I'll be there." I said, getting up and slowly walking away.

"See you back here at the Tavern Bodge party, Angie S. And it was nice meeting you." Ziandra said.

"Yeah. You too." I said, and walks away.

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3rd POV,
SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

That afternoon, In the half empty school hallway, Rowan is at his locker. And Aiden slowly walks up to him.

"Hey, Rowan." Aiden said.

Rowan glances at Aiden. "If you want to talk about Angie, just don't." And closes his locker and slowly walks away from him.

"Be good to her, Rowan." Aiden said.

Rowan stops walking and turns around to look at Aiden. "Why do you want to talk about Angie anyway? It's like becoming jealous or something?"

"I'm not jealous, Rowan. I'm just saying be good to Angie." Aiden said.

"Just admit it, Aiden. A part of you still wants Angie, even though, she's been spending some time with me." Rowan said.

"Angie is good person." Aiden said, slowly walking up to Rowan.

"It's not my fault that Angie's not into you anymore." Rowan said, annoyed. "So, do yourself a favor and go back to Gilmore."

Rowan and Aiden exchange annoyed looks at each other. And Rowan slowly walks away.

Aiden looks at Zach. And Zach looks at Aiden.

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TAVERN BODGE LOCAL BAR AND LOUNGE CLUBHOUSE

That late evening, the Saunders Gang are sitting around on the U shaped sofa, snacking on some party snack foods and drinks.

My Mom, Dad and I slowly walks inside the main room. I glance at Rowan and averts my gaze at my parents.

"I'll see you guys around." I said.

"Okay." My Dad said.

I walks away from my parents and slowly walks up to Rowan. "Hey, Rowan."

"Hey, Angie." Rowan said.

Rowan and I exchange smiles at each other. I plants a kiss on his cheek. And Rowan smiles, which Aiden notices and becomes jealous, and which Gilmore notices as well.

"Hey, Angie." Zach said, slowly walks up to me. "Can we talk?"

"Yeah. Sure." I said, slowly walking after Zach to the round bar counter. "What is it?"

"Rowan and Aiden were talking about you at school. And they were pretty intense with each other." Zach said.

"Aiden's with Gilmore." I said. "But thanks for telling me, Zach."

"You're welcome, Andy." Zach said, and walks away.

I slowly walks back up to Rowan. "I have to do something, but I'll see you afterwards, okay?" I said to Rowan.

"Okay, sure." Rowan said.

I slowly walks away from Rowan and looks at Shane. He glances at me and gently nods.

I walks up onto the stage and Shane presses a button on the audio sound system. And I slowly walks up to the pole.

Everyone looks at me, pondering about what I'm doing.

I gently leans back against the pole and looks at Ziandra. She and I exchange looks at each other.

[Song: Heaven - Julia Michaels]

I slowly unbuttons the buttons on my sleeveless denim dress, revealing the top half of my lingerie. I slowly unbuttons the rest of my denim dress, revealing the bottom half of my lingerie.

"Oh my gosh." Yvonne said, shockingly.

I gently pulls off my sleeveless denim dress and gently drops it on the stage floor. I gently runs my hands in my hair and gently wraps my hands around the pole. I gently twirls myself around the pole and slowly dips myself and gently pulls myself back up.

Sitting at the round bar counter, Sharron smiles a little to herself, impressively, and looks at Ziandra, who looks at me as I pole dance.

I gently leans back against the pole and slowly slides down and slides back up again. As the song finishes, I gently wraps my hand around it.

[Song ends]

Everyone applauds. Sharron gets up and  slowly walks up onto the stage and puts a Cobra jacket around my shoulders.

"Very impressive, Angie. We'll talk about this afterwards." Sharon said.

I gently nod. "Okay." And slowly walks away from her, and picks up my sleeveless denim dress.

I start to walk to the changing room. And Ziandra slowly walks up to me.

"That was some good pole dancing, Angie." Ziandra said with her hand on her hip. "I didn't think you had it in you."

"Thanks, Ziandra." I said to her, and slowly walks away.

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3rd POV

"Gilmore, can we talk about this, please?" Aiden said.

"There's nothing else to talk about, Aiden. Ever since, Rowan and Angie spending time together, you've become jealous. And I'm just a distraction for you." Gilmore said to Aiden.

"Gilmore, you're not a distraction, you're my girlfriend." Aiden said.

"Until you get bored with me? Or perhaps, you'll dump me for Angie?" Gilmore said to Aiden, annoyed. "I'm really happy for Rowan and Angie, and I thought you'll be happy for her too."

"I am happy for Rowan and Angie." Aiden said.

"Then, why did you become jealous of Rowan and Angie at the formal school dance? Or that intense argument between you two? Gilmore asked Aiden. "Angie is my best friend, and I wanna be with you, Aiden. But you're not completely over Angie."

"Gillie?" Aiden says, gloomily.

"I told you that I love you at the formal school dance, but the way you said it, it's clear to me that you're not completely over Angie." Gilmore said. "I'm sorry, but we're over."

Gilmore slowly walks away from Aiden, breaking up with him. He sighs to himself, upon realizing his jealousy of Rowan's and I's budding relationship.

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I'm gently leaning on Rowan's motorbike. Rowan slowly walks up to me.

"Rowan?" I said.

"That was some pole dance." Rowan said, slowly approaching me.

"Yeah. And I don't know how to pole dance." I said. "By the way, Zach told me that you and Aiden argued over me at school."

"Yeah. I'm sorry." Rowan said.

"Aiden had his romantic chance to tell me that he loved me. So, it's his romantic loss." I said, and gently cups his face with my hands. "You and I have known each other for a long while, Rowdy."

Rowan kisses me. And I kiss him. He and I gently pulls away from our first kiss and smiles at each other.

And from a distance, an unknown person takes a picture of Rowan and Me.

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SAUNDERS HOME

That same night, I slowly walks into the living room and sees a cardboard box on the coffee table.

I slowly walks up to it and opens it. Some pink panther books and a note attached to it.

Your Mom said you adore Pink Panther books. Hope you like it.
-Violet Benton

I smile to myself. And from outside of the living room window. The same unknown person takes a picture of me.

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