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high school he was on when I was a junior, so we only had 2 years of high school together, and I haven't seen him since then."
     
    "I bet he was Mr. Popular!"
     
    "Yeah, he was…" Kirstin couldn't hide her smile. She remembered the Friday night football games and people treating Ashley like he was a king every time they would win a game. And then later in the evening he would go to her house and they would stay up all night talking, out on the swing Kirstin had on her front yard. One thing she never understood was why he spent so much of his time with her when he could be out on a date with any cheerleader he wanted to. She remembered when she asked him that one question all he said was "Because none of them has your smile." It was the one time he made her blush.
     
    "Ok, we're here." Stephanie's voice woke Kirstin from her thoughts. They got out of the car and went to the library to get their paper done.
     
    Ashley found his way to the O-Town dressing room. When he got in, everyone was looking at him, waiting for an explanation, but only Jacob felt the need to say something:
     
    "What the hell happened?"
     
    "I'm really sorry. I saw this friend of mine from high school that I haven't seen in years getting the elevator and I had to go. Sorry."
     
    "Was that the same one from yesterday?" Jacob asked.
     
    "Yesterday?" Dan faced Jacob.
     
    Disregarding Dan's comment Ashley continued:
     
    "Yeah, as a matter of fact, it was her yesterday. It turns out that she works here."
     
    "Oh! She! I thought it was strange for you to go chasing a dude, but it's a 'she'! Now I get it." Trevor joked about the situation.
     
    "Shut up. Anyway, we have a date tomorrow at 3:30. Do you think we'll be free at this time?" Ashley asked Mike Morin who was standing near the couch.
     
    "Yes. The thing you guys had to do here tomorrow was cancelled, so you just have one radio interview and a photo shoot in the morning then you're free for the rest of the day."
     
    "Terrific!" Ashley said with a big smile on his face.
     
    "Wait a second. Did you just say date? What about Jen?" Jacob asked seemingly confused about the situation. And Ashley was too. He hadn't actually thought about Jen 'til that moment.
     
    "It's not an actual date. We're just gonna talk. Remember the old times. It's gonna be at 3:30 in a coffee shop! How much of a date is that?"
     
    "I don't know… judging by the big smile you had on your face when you told us you had met her, I'd say it's a big date!" Erik answered his band mate.
     
    "Well, it's not. I have a girlfriend and she probably has a boyfriend too, so…" the thought of her with another guy made Ashley's smile disappear.
     
    "If you say so…" Erik said dropping the subject.
     
    AT THE HOTEL
    "Yo, Ashley, wait up!" Erik called from the elevator to Ashley who was going to his room.
     
    "Yes?"
     
    "Are you gonna tell Jen about the 'not-a-date' thing that you have tomorrow?"
     
    "I thought about it on our way here and I decided not to. It's not a big deal. It's just two old friends having coffee."
     
    "If it's not a big deal, then what's the problem on telling her that?"
     
    "I'm not afraid to tell her. I just don't see why it's so important for me to tell her that."
     
    "'Cause she's your girlfriend and she should know what's going on with her boyfriend's life."
     
    "Well, I'm not gonna tell her. If something important comes out from this date, then she'll know about it."
     
    "Ok, it's your choice. But I just think you should tell her. It would be worse if she finds out about it some other way."
     
    "She won't find out about it and thanks for trying to help Erik, but it's ok."
     
    "Ok then. Later dude!"
     
    By the time Ashley got to his room it was late already, 11 P.M., but Jen was awake and watching TV.
     
    "Hey Ash. What took you so long today? I thought you were gonna get here and I'd be sleeping again."
     
    "We had the MTV thing to do and they we got stuck on this photo shoot and magazine