School seemed to have gone by pretty fast and now the girls were headed to the mall. They took the bus which took them directly to the mall, then they went to the food court and found a booth to sit down in and talk.
"So, what did you two want to talk about?" Katie asked Mika and Claudia.
"Well....you know how lately, you all have gotten into a relationship of some kind?" Claudia asked them all except for Mika.
"Yeah. Oh, that reminds me, I think I could get Mike to set you two up with one of the guys from the football team." Samantha suggested.
"That's.....very kind of you, Sam, but you don't have to do that." Claudia replied.
"What's wrong with the guys on the football team? They all seem pretty cute to me." Mary Elise commented.
"Yes. But you don't have to set either of us up with someone." Mika told her friends.
"Why not? What exactly is making you two not want to hook up with somebody?" Katie asked them.
"Because we've already found someone to hook up with." Claudia said.
"That's great. Who is it? A classmate? A neighbor?" Katie guessed excitedly.
Claudia then touched Mika's hand with her own hand, which she gently grasped.
"WHAT?! YOU TWO ARE TOGETHER?!" Katie asked shocked as she Mary Elise, and Samantha all looked shocked.
"Shh, keep your voices down. Yes, we are. We've actually been together for quite a while now. We just didn't want to tell anybody because we were afraid our parents might find out." Claudia explained to them.
"But why did you keep this from us? We would've understood. What made you finally decide to come out and tell us?" Samantha asked.
"Because someone found out." Mika said as she and Claudia eyed Kellie.
"Kellie? You knew about this?" Katie asked surprised.
"I did, but I had to keep it secret, they asked me to."
"Even from me?" Katie asked.
"Yes, even from you. I didn't want to though, I swear. There's nothing I want to keep secret from you. And I know you don't want to keep secrets from me either." Kellie said touching Katie's hand as Katie looked a little disappointed but didn't say why.
"Now, can we trust you all to keep this a kept secret between all of us? We don't want our parents to find out quite yet. We working our way towards them, we decided to start with you first." Mika asked them all.
"Absolutely." Samantha said.
"Totally." Mary Elise answered.
"You know I will." Kellie said.
Everyone now began to look at Katie as she hadn't answered yet.
"Katie? Katie? Earth to Katie!" Kellie shouted.
"What? Oh, right. Of course I'll keep it secret." Katie said.
"Thanks, you guys don't know how much we appreciate this." Claudia and Mika said as they leaned in and kissed each other gently on the lips.
If they girls had been paying closer attention to their surroundings, they might've noticed or even seen Ashley and Jennifer on the other side of the booth adjacent to them. Both girls gave wicked smile to each other and pretty soon they would call their own mothers who would begin talking with other parents until it led to Mika and Claudia's parents. Soon the secret wouldn't be so secret anymore.