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Chapter 1

She's cold and she's cruel
But she knows what she's doin'

"Think about it this way Ned," She began.

All was silent as I waited for her to finish her sentence.

"Maybe I lied."

All day and for most of the night, the phrases "Think about it this way Ned," and "Maybe I lied." had been running through his head. It was about 12 in the afternoon and he was still in bed. He was exhausted. He hadn't had too great of a sleep last night. He had spent most of the night analyzing and reanalyzing his current situation with Moze.

He had really screwed up this time. Did she really like him as more than her best friend, or was that just a way of trying to mess with his mind? Knowing Moze it could go either way.

If she really did love him, it sure would explain a lot. I mean why else would she be so angry about him kissing Suzie? Maybe because you told her you wanted to be a free man! Ned thought to himself. Moze never liked when people lied to her. In a way he had lied.

Ned thought back to the day when they had gone to the beach.

"You seen much of Suzie lately?" She had asked me innocently.

"Nah," I remembered saying, carelessly flipping onto my back, into a back float. "We don't really talk much anymore."

"How come?" She asked surprised.

"Well when you break up with a person there's really not too much to talk about anymore, besides who wants to take place in awkward conversations? I'd much rather just spend time with my best friend," I had said winking at her. "Plus I like being a free man!"

She was quiet for a moment.

"Well I guess that makes sense." She agreed. "It's not like I hold random conversations with Seth Powers. There's really not too much to talk about with him anyway."

There were other instances where he had brought up, "I like being a free man." So why had he gone and kissed Suzie?

The more he thought about it, none of this made any sense at all. He had contraindicated himself in so many ways, no wonder Moze was angry with him.

The next question he found himself pondering was if she did have true feelings for him, did he feel the same way for her? Sure they had been best friends since they were in diapers, and had kissed numerous times, but did he really, truly, love her?

That he didn't know. He figured the best thing to do was to call Cookie. He always seemed to have the answers Ned was looking for. He pulled himself out of his bed and began rummaging around for his phone. It was here somewhere! After lifting up a pile of dirty laundry he found it.

He dialed Cookie's number and waited patiently, as the phone began to ring. It continued to ring until finally going to voicemail.

"You've reached Simon Nelson Cook. I'm not here right now so please a message after the beep."

Ned grumbled as he threw his phone onto his bed. How is it that Cookie could never be around when he needed him?

As if on cue, his phone began to ring. He quickly glanced at the caller-id and rejoiced.

"Hey, I'm so glad you called!" Ned said into the phone, in a rush.

"Woah buddy, slow down, you're starting to sound like Martin. Repeat that slowly." Cookie responded, with a small chuckle.

Ned let out a breath that he didn't know he had been holding. "Do you think Moze likes me?" He asked out of no where.

"Well sure she likes you." Cookie said, "You have been best friends forever."

"No not-

Cookie cut him off.

"Oh you mean does she still like you, right? You did get in a pretty nasty fight the other day."

Sometimes Cookie could be so clueless.

Ned groaned aloud. "No, that's not what I mean! I mean do you think she, well, you know likes me."

"Oh! That's what this is about? I don't know, go ask her." Cookie told him nonchalantly.

"I can't ask her! She won't speak to me remember." Ned said annoyed.

"Oh, that's right. Is this all you called me for?" Cookie asked, his voice taking on a very serious tone. "I have some stuff I need to get done, college apps, you know the drill."

Ned sighed; maybe calling Cookie wasn't one of his better ideas after all.

"Right, okay, sorry to bug you." Ned responded.

"No, it's no problem; I'm serious about talking to her though. That's probably your best option."

"I guess. I'll talk to you later then?"

"Yea, I'll call you tonight to see how things turned out."

Ned added a goodbye, and flopped back down onto his bed. That's not what he had been expecting to hear from Cookie. It's not like he could just walk over and ask her. They were fighting, or so he thought. In reality though even if they weren't fighting that's not exactly something you ask lightly.

"Do you love me?" Hahaha! NOT!

Maybe, he could just talk to her; he didn't have to ask her that exactly, but maybe seeing her might be enough. They hadn't talked to each other in a couple of days.

Ned smiled. That sounded like a great plan. He opened his bedroom door and walked down the stairs, about to open the front door, when his mom stopped him.

"Where are you going?" Mrs. Bigby asked her son.

"Oh, I was just going to go over to Moze's house." He said in response.

"Dressed like that?" His mother asked him questionably. "I think she might get the wrong idea."

Ned looked down at his attire and grumbled. He was still in boxer shorts and didn't have a shirt on. He quickly ran back up the stairs. Good thing his mom had been there. That could have been totally embarrassing. Sure she had seen him dressed like that before, but this was different. It was the middle of the day and he was going to her house. That was not the impression he was going for, especially when they hadn't seen each other in a few days.

He pulled out a pair of jeans and an old t-shirt and dressed himself quickly. He opened his bedroom door once again and headed back down the stairs. His mom was still downstairs. She was sitting in the den reading a book.

"That's better." She said, chuckling from behind her book.

"Hey, it's not my fault I never would have noticed."

"Mmhhm, well let me know how things go. You haven't been over to the Mosely's in quite a while."

"I know, I think it's time we talk about what happened the other day."

"Good I'm glad to hear that. Have a good time!" Mrs. Bigby said cheerfully.

"I will. Bye Mom!"

"Bye Son,"

Ned headed out the door and walked down his driveway. He noticed Moze was already outside, sitting on the swing on the Mosely's porch. She always sat there when she needed to think about things. Maybe she was thinking about him.

He made his way down the driveway and walked over to where she was sitting next door. She didn't seem to notice him, as she was staring off into space.

He quietly took a seat next to her.

"Hey," He whispered.

"AHHH!" Moze shrieked, loudly enough to shatter his eardrums. "Don't you ever sneak up on me like that again!" She warned, her tone threatening.

"Sorry, sorry!" He told her sincerely.

"So why are you here?" She asked, looking him up and down as if he were the enemy.

"To talk to you, if that's okay?"

"Not really." She said adamantly, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Okay then…" Ned responded letting his words trail off.

He watched her for a moment as she kept her head turned in the opposite direction, as if afraid to look at him.

"Why do you do this?" She asked him, now meeting his gaze. Her eyes were cold and she looked like, at any moment, she might punch him in the face.

"Do what?" He asked confused.

"Talk to me like there's nothing wrong." She hissed.

This frightened Ned. He rarely ever saw Moze angry and when he did it scared him tremendously. Never before had he been the cause of the anger either, so this was a totally new experience. One he wasn't sure he wanted to have to endure again.

"What do you want me to say? I know I screwed up; I'm just trying to fix things."

She laughed at him. Actually more like cackled.

"Fine, fix away!" She told him bitterly. Her eyes softening a little bit, but not by much.

"Alright, well for the record I am sorry about how I acted at my party. I shouldn't have said what I said. I did already apologize, but I guess once wasn't enough. What I did was wrong. I told you that I wanted to be a free man, and than you caught me kissing Suzie. Not exactly the smartest move on my part."

"No way, Sherlock." She told him, her body stiffening.

"Would you stop with the snide remarks? I apologized to you and I would appreciate it if you would accept it."

"Accept it? Yea okay? So then you can just break my heart again?" She asked tears forming at the corners of her eyes.

She pushed the fresh tears that were forming away, and got up from her seat on the swing.

"I knew what I was talking about when I said never wanted to speak to you again. Let's keep it that way."

She said slamming her front door, leaving Ned gaping once again.

She's cold and she's cruel
But she knows what she's doin'

A: N The sequel has finally arrived! :) I would like to send a special shout out to ravenrocks191 for private messaging me and telling me how much she enjoyed "I'd Lie" and couldn't wait for my sequel. I know this took me quite a while, but I had a serious case of writers block. I hope you all enjoyed it! I know it's not the longest chapter, but I think that it turned out well. Not to worry the next chapter will be longer and not as depressing. PLEASE REVIEW!!

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