I have no clue what the hell is going on with my girlfriend right now.

It's Thursday, and I have done everything in my power to convince Amber that Milly and I are just friends and that nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, is going on with Milly.

So before I even get to head down the stairs, I marched my ass right to Connors room and busted through the door.

"OH! OK. I'm naked." He shook his head and wrapped his towel back around him.

Sienna started laughing and covered her face. "I don't know. His timing was pretty perfect."

"Shut up. I need help." I nodded.

"Oaken I am literally nude. I have no clothes on." He gave me a look.

"Yeah, we've already determined I look better naked, we're brothers, you'll be alright." I plopped down on his bed with Sienna.

His face went completely flat. "You do not."

"I'll be the judge, Oak, strip." Sienna smiled.

"Woman." Connor clapped his hands together. "I swear to fucking god."

"And what're you going to do you big bitch, I'm kidding anyway. What's the matter Oak Tree."

I sighed. "Bebe."

"Still on the Milly thing?" Connor raised his eyebrows.

"Yes." I nodded. "I don't know what else to do. Tuesday she told me she wasn't OK with me being alone with Milly. I get that, which is why Will has came with us every time we have had to talk about the podcast happening tonight, he's been giving us topics to talk about, questions for her to ask me, things like that. No more working together after hockey practice so we've been doing it during lunch and study hall, and no sitting next to each other, so we sit across from each other."

"OK, have you been more affectionate like I said?" He crossed his arms.

"Yes! I've basically been jumping her in the hall every time I see her. And then Milly walks by and she basically chokes me to shove her tongue in my mouth. Do you ever get like that?" I looked at Sienna.

"No." She shook her head. "Me, up here." She held her hand flat above her head. "Any other girl who even tries to talk to him." She held her hand flat and touched the floor. "He's also never made me compete for his attention."

"I'm not making her compete with anyone." I shook my head.

"Maybe not with Milly." She wrapped her arms around me. "But Oak, ever since you made the hockey team, you're basically a trending topic. For sports, for girls, for guys, everything. You're a cute kid, you're athletic, and since you started conditioning and got your hair cut, you're coming into your bod. Some girls get crazy jealous when her boyfriend is sought after. So, my advice, if she's jealous of other girls, give other girls a reason to be jealous of her."

"Meaning?" I raised my eyebrows.

She smiled. "Connor hurry up and go get dressed. Oak you're going to ride with us. We're making a quick stop."

"Oh Jesus Christ." Connor shook his head and walked into his closet.

He hurried and got dressed, and we headed out.

Sienna's 'quick stop' was not a quick stop at all.

And now I'm walking up to Bebe's locker with a pretty rose gold gift bag.

Her friends were all huddled around her locker.

Me, I pushed myself right through, wrapped an arm around her waist from behind her and kissed her cheek. "Well, hello gorgeous."

She turned around and smiled. "Hi."

"Hey Oaken." Jenna smiled at me.

"You looked real good today." Maddie bat her eyelashes.

"Are you two fucking serious right now." Layla shook her head.

"What?" Jenna rolled her eyes.

"Ladies." I nodded. "I." I lifted Ambers face by her chin to look at me. "Was thinking about you this morning, and I decided to stop and get you a little something." I pulled the gift bag from behind my back.

Her jaw dropped. "Awe." She smiled and took it.

She reached inside. "Is this blueberry muffin?"

I nodded. "From that little bakery you like on our way to school."

"And, a strawberry Nesquik." Her smile grew. "A chicken salad from Josies, a bag of kettle chips, black jelly beans, and a sobe. You brought me breakfast and lunch?" She pouted.

"I did." I smiled. "There's one more thing in there."

She gave me a look, dug through the bag a little more, and pulled out the little box we stopped at the mall for.

"What is this?"

"Just a little something to make you think about me." I shrugged.

She opened the box and her jaw didn't just slightly drop at the rose gold 'O' necklace, it fell straight to the floor.

"OH my god." She shook her head.

"Awe Oaken." Layla pouted.

"Come here." I grabbed the box and pulled the necklace out.

I spun her around and clasped it around her neck, leaned down, and kissed her cheek. "Just a little something for my favorite girl."

I smiled.

"Well isn't that cute." Maddie rolled her eyes.

"You guys suck." Jenna nodded as they both walked away.

Layla choked back a laugh. "Although it is cute and you two being so cute does suck, that's so sweet Oak." She pat my back. "But, I've got to get to first period. Love you Bee." She kissed Ambers cheek and walked away.

"This is really sweet." Bebe nodded. "But why?"

"What do you mean?" I gave her a look. "I told you I was thinking about you."

"What did you do?" She shook her head.

I raised my eyebrows. "I didn't do anything." I shook my head. "I just wanted to do something nice for you."

"Well, I appreciate it Oaken, but you don't normally do stuff like this."

I pursed my lips and nodded. "I know you've been having a hard week with me doing this podcast and interview, so I just wanted to do something nice so you'll realize you have no reason to be worried about any of it. I didn't do anything. I was just doing something nice for you, and it would be great if I could have my girlfriend back at some point. Not the crazy jealous girl who is constantly questioning me when I do something like buy her food. Nothing I've done this week to get it through your head that nothing is going on, is working, so I'm just going to let you think what you want until this week is over. Enjoy your lunch and Hardy's with Layla tonight, you seem like you can use the girl time. I love you." I leaned down and kissed her cheek.

And I just simply walked away.

I walked right down to Olivia's locker where her, Sienna, and Havannah are.

"Well?" Sienna smiled.

I sighed. "She asked me what I did." I nodded.

Her face went flat. "No she didn't."

"Yup."

"Wait, what?" Olivia laughed.

"Well, Bebe has been a freak show this week, so we stopped and got her breakfast, lunch, and he picked out a rose gold necklace with an O on it for her, just because." Sienna shrugged.

"And she didn't like it?" Havannah raised her eyebrows.

"No, she loved it, she just thinks I have ulterior motives when I don't." I shook my head.

Olivia wrapped her arms around me a squeezed. "Just let it blow over Oak. It'll be fine."

"Yeah, we'll see." I sighed. "Can someone take my mind off it please?"

"Well." Havannah cleared her throat. "I have a question."

"Go for it babe." Olivia smiled.

"What do you guys think about Kalum?"

Sienna and I both looked at Olivia.

She pursed her lips and nodded. "Shut up. In what way?"

"Like, potentially ask him on a date way? Like, Valentines with him, May and Carter was great. And he gave me a tattoo tour."

"Hold up." Olivia held her hand up. "He gave you a tattoo tour?"

Havannah nodded.

"Of all of them?" Sienna laughed.

"Yeah." Havannah shrugged.

"Havannah, the kid has like 30 tattoos." I nodded.

"I know. And each one of them has a meaning. He told me what they all meant." She smiled.

"Go out with that mean." Olivia nodded. "Immediately."

"Really?" Havannah smiled.

"Hell yes. I have never asked that kid about all of his tattoos. You, you did. Bitch you bold." Olivia laughed.

"He was just really sweet on Valentines. I enjoyed spending time with him. I wouldn't mind getting to know him more."

"Kalum's a great dude." I nodded. "And, he deserves a sweet girl like you since this one broke his heart." I wrapped an arm over Olivia's shoulder.

She just looked at me and punched me in my chest. "Shut the hell up. I did not."

"We talked about you and Ryan too. You know we're both OK, right?" Havannah laughed.

"Well I'm happy babe." Olivia smiled. "You deserve a Kalum."

"Indeed you do you fine piece of babe." Sienna smiled. "I bet that boy is packing."

We all just looked at Olivia.

"I hate all of you." She nodded.

We all headed to class, and I went about my day as usual, but decided to go to the library for lunch to avoid the cafeteria, because I don't need Layla on my case about what happened after she walked away this morning.

Milly actually came walking up to my table and sat across from me.

"Oak." She cleared her throat.

"What's up?" I folded my hands.

"Do you think we can go over the podcast interview one more time before tonight?" She pursed her lips. "It's just, it's my first one, and all these upperclassman are just waiting for me to fail and I don't-"

"Mil." I shook my head. "You're not going to fail. Will has done the podcast, he knows what they expect, and he's spent the last few days going over the whole thing with us. But since I can see that you're freaking out when you have no reason to be because we're going to smash this, we can go over it one more time." I nodded.

She let out a small smile and sighed. "Thank you."

"Of course."

After seeing Milly and Oaken in the library at lunch, fuck apologizing to him now.

He has literally spent all his time with her this week, and I'm over it.

I've left him alone for today, and right now, I'm at Hardy's with Layla waiting for him to call me after the podcast.

"Bee I'm telling you right now you're stupid if you think Oaken would ever cheat on you." She shook her head.

"Really?" I raised my eyebrows. "Have you by any chance seen that girl?"

"Yes obviously I have seen her. But I also see the way Oaken looks at you. He loves you."

"Hey little Amber." Dyson Ball came walking over to our bowling lane.

"Dude I swear to god if you don't walk away I won't even bother calling Oaken. I'll call his brother, who comes with Mason, and Ben, and Ryan, and now Carter. And I'm sure you don't want any part of Carter Pruitt. We're having a conversation, take your ass somewhere else." Layla looked at him.

"And that right there is why she's the friend people want." He nodded.

"Bitch." She stood up. "I will cut you."

He jumped and walked away.

"You're crazy, you know that right." I laughed.

"Yeah, and you're crazy too. And Oaken, is crazy about you." She nodded.

Her and I made our way around Hardy's for a while and went and sat at a table.

Unfortunately the table behind us was filled up with half the hockey team.

"Why do we still come here on Thursdays." She rolled her eyes.

"Half off all sections." I nodded.

"I still can't believe that she agreed to go out with Porter Saturday." We heard from behind us.

"And she's with little Oaken right now. I can only imagine what's going to happen after that podcast." Another laughed.

"According to Kenzie, something's already happened. Baby Oaken was her first kiss. Our boys learning real well."

I'm not an idiot.

The entire hockey team, maybe aside from will has their eyes on Milly.

I knew who they were talking about.

I looked at Layla and shook my head. "But I'm crazy, right?" I crossed my arms.

"You have no clue what they're talking about Bee. Don't jump." She shook her head.

"No Lay. I'm done. If he wants to fuck around and pretend nothing is going on, so can I." I stood up.

"Amber don't." She groaned.

I ignored her and walked right over to the batting cages.

"Dyson." I walked over to the stall he and his friends were in.

He turned around and raised his eyebrows.

"Little Amber?" He crossed his arms.

I took a deep breath. "I was wondering if, maybe you wanted to get out of here?"

He turned and looked at his friends. "Go." He gave them a nod.

They all smirked and walked away.

"Get out of here as in?" He tilted his head.

"The offer doesn't come with questions." I shook my head.

"What about your boyfriend?"

"He's with someone right now." I shrugged.

He pursed his lips and nodded. "Give you a ride home?"

I nodded.

And he escorted me out to his truck.

He helped me in to his truck then climbed in to his driver seat.

"Am I taking you right home?"

I took a deep breath and shook my head.

If Oaken can fuck around, so can I.