Geek 2 Greek.

Once upon a time.

Once upon a time, Luke Galagher, Rachel Grant and Mel Rose were the best of friends.

"Mel!" yelled Rachel, throwing her arms around me, "Mel save me!"

A five foot bear approached. Or rather, a five foot boy in a bear suit. "Rarh! Rarh!" he said.

Rachel squealed again and clung to my neck, burying her face in my hair. She was a little taller than me. Then again, everyone was a little taller than me. I might very well be the shortest girl in my class.

I groaned as Rachel squeezed tighter. "Cut it out Luke!" I groaned again.

The bear hands reached up and pulled off the bear head revealing the face of a smirking 6 year old boy, with a gap tooth and a dimple in one cheek.

"Haha! Gotcha!" he cried, "Rach, you should have seen your face! You were soooo scared!"

Rachel now found the strength to untangle her arms from around my neck and stuck her tongue out at look. "Was not!"

"Was too!"

"Was not!"

"Was too! Right Mel?"

Technically, Luke was right, but as a 5 year-old, things like right and wrong didn't really matter. There was only fun, and not fun.

And agreeing with Luke? Not fun.

"Was not!" I cried outm my lisp slightly slurring my words as I reached out and shoved Luke. He stumbled and tripped over his untied laces.

"Gett'im!!!" I yelled and Rachel and I leaped onto him. I sat on his chest while Rachel held down his arms giggling.

"Gerr'off!," Luke cried, "You're killing me!"

"Firss' of all," I stated importantly, "Acknowledge me as the ssupreme Queen of...." i pondered over it, "Bumper Carss!"

"Yeah!" Rachel piped.

Luke coughed and struggled uselessly against my weight. "Never!" he rasped.

"Well then," I said, "I guess I have no choice."

"Bounce!" Rachel cried and giggled.

Luke's eyes widened in horror.

I lifted myself off him slightly and drove back down. Luke coughed and wretched.

"Okay, Okay!" he said, after another bounce, "I give. I acknowledge you as Supreme Queen of the Bumper Cars"

"Yay!" Rachel yelled and clapped her hands. I got off Luke and she let go off his hands. I high-fived her.

"Besst friendss forever!" i chirped.

"And ever!" Rachel piped.

"And ever, " Luke gasped.

We all burst out laughing.

Well then, what happened, between us? Well, the explanation I can give at this moment is...well.... Rachel went on to become Head off Debate team, Head of Model United Nations and SRC President, Luke went on to become the captain of the basketball team and Mel was..... just Mel. We grew apart.

Well, that....amongst other things.

But the eyes, I was staring into, had little to do with all this. they looked familiar, crazily familiar, but everything else...not so much. Not the angular masculine face, or the straight nose or the plump pouty lower lip, now curved in a smile.