"Does he honestly have to do that right now?" I scoffed as Adam proceeded to flirt with the two girls who had just walked in front of him. "I mean, I'm trying to enjoy the beautiful scenery and there he is... Ruining it!" I grumbled and crossed my arms in disgust.

"Hey, Peni, doll. Don't you think you're over thinking it a bit? We're at the beach, he's Adam. He's gonna flirt." Melody said in a sing-song voice from her place on Jonas' lap. I looked at her, pouting, "I know. But I... I just hate him so much." Jonas laughed, "You should really not hate him so much. He actually likes you, you are the first girl in about a year, that he knows, that he hasn't talked about in a provocative way. Ya' know... Why do you hate him so much?"

I twisted my mouth and looked at my hands, "I don't know! I just do, I think it's the geek inside me, telling me I should hate him." "Who are we hating?" I glanced behind me to see Mark standing there smiling at me. I jumped up and hugged his neck. "You came!"

"Yeah, I did. I thought it would be fun. Hey guys." He waved to everyone, not including Adam and Dean by the way. Dean couldn't come... He was grounded for locking some poor kid in his locker. That was no surprise. And well, you know where Adam is. Eventually, though, he did give up and come back to the rest of us.

"Who is this?" Adam questioned as he sat down on a towel, looking at Mark. "That would be Mark, he's Peni's boyyyfriend." I heard Blake whisper to him. My eyes widened, "Shut up, Blake. He's gonna hear you." I whisper-yelled.

He just laughed fiendishly. "What, are you ashamed of your boyfriend, PeniPie?" Adam smirked at me. I puffed loudly, "Adam, if you don't shut your freaking mouth..." He shook his head and smacked his lips, "You're turning red, PeniPie. You should really cool down." He grinned, showing his pearly white teeth. "Stop calling me PeniPie! And I am not turning red." I covered my cheeks with my hands and looked at Mark who was carrying on a conversation with Melody and Jonas.

"She's so emotional, isn't it adorable?" Adam said nonchalantly to Blake. I groaned in disgust. "You are notorious for your bad jokes, you know."

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"Hey, you guys wanna come over to my place and watch a movie tonight? Everybody can go home and change then meet up there. Adam, Peni knows the way." Melody had the wonderful idea as we all started packing up. It was starting to get cold so we decided to get going.

I quickly chimed in, "I can't, but you guys go ahead. I have to help Sarah with her homework." Blake stopped what he was doing and thumped me on the forehead, "Owe!" I rubbed the spot he hit, "What was that for?"

"Peni, we all know you just want to go home and go to sleep... Come on, it'll be fun." He exclaimed, "Yeah, I'm going." Mark added. I looked back and forth between the both of them, "Fine, I'll go. Why do you guys have to make me be all social and crap? I don't like it." I shivered and grabbed one of the towels sitting out and started to fold it up. Blake simply laughed and patted me on the shoulder.

Adam put his hand on the small of my back as I grabbed my stuff and started pushing me towards his car, "Come on, let's get you some more clothes." He said in a very chipper voice. "What about you? You need to change too don't you?" I raised an eyebrow. Adam wasn't such a terrible person, he was sort of decent to me at least. Then again, he was terrible to any of the girls who actually liked him.

"Neh, I'm good." He shrugged as we got into his car. The drive to my house was surprisingly peaceful, music was playing lightly from the car's stereo. "This is a good song, turn it up." I smiled at Billy Joel's voice. Adam looked at me with his eyebrow raised as he reached down to turn the music up. "Hey, pay attention to the road!" I laughed and so did he, "You like this song?" He questioned.

"Duh, it's a classic." It was called 'New York State of Mind.' And it's always been one of my favorite songs. "Hm, yeah it is." He mumbled with a small smirk on his face. "Here we are, I'll wait here." I went inside and told my mom where I was going, of course she didn't care. She also thought I should get out of the house more. I changed into some shorts and a sweatshirt with long socks and my tennis shoes slipped over them. Then I met Adam back at his car.

"Okay, keep going straight then turn left on Harolds." I told him as I buckled my seatbelt. I sat there for a moment and he still didn't move the car, "Adam..." I looked at him only to see him staring back at me, "Adam, we...uh... We better go. Left on Harolds, remember?" I sort of mumbled. Suddenly, I found the wrinkles in my sweatshirt very interesting.

"Oh, yeah. Okay. Let's go." He said as he looked forward again. I gave directions as we rode all the way to Melody's house. When we got there, everyone was already sitting in the living room with popcorn, talking and laughing. "Hey." I waved as we opened her front door and walked into Melody's house.

"Finally, you guys are here! We already picked out a movie, but we saved you two seats." And just my luck, our "seats" were right next to each other on the couch. "What are we watching?" Adam plopped down in his seat and grabbed some popcorn from the bowl in Jonas' hands. "Jurassic Park." He answered. My eyes widened, "Are you sure?!" Don't get me wrong, I loved Jurassic Park but every time I watched it, I almost jumped out of my skin. No matter how much I watched it, it still scared me.

Mark laughed, "What is it, Peni? You don't like jump-scares?" I sat down, crossing my arms. "No, just turn the stupid movie on." I muttered. Adam grinned down at me, "Don't worry, PeniPie. I'll protect you." He winked making me scoff and blush at the same time. "Shut up, Adam."