"Link. Link Larkin." Amber screamed out as she watched her boyfriend head off somewhere with those Negros and the great white whale. "Link. DO YOU HEAR ME LINK?." She yelled again. She could not believe he was doing this to her. Why was he with them? Why would he want to be with them? What was wrong with him? "Link." She called one last time. This was something that Amber never thought would happen. Maybe it was a part of Link's plan? Maybe he had something... No she knew that it wasn't. Link refused to sit down when she nearly begged him to in class.

Tammy could not help but laugh at the girl before her. After everything that Amber did to everyone else she was finally get a taste of her own medicine. Someone was finally going to make Amber know what it was like to feel like she meant nothing. Just like she did when she stole Link from her. Tammy and Link were dating before Amber and Link got together. When Amber got her mind set on something then she got it no matter who she hurt. No matter what she had to do. After lying and scheming Amber had Link on her arm and Tammy was left in their distance. But that was in the past. Tammy was actually really happy it was Tracy that was finally going to be the one to do it. There was something different about Tracy that she realize when she met her. "I told you Amber, you better hold on tighter to that crown. Or wait. I should say hold on to your boyfriend. He looks quite happy with Tracy." She laughed as she walked out of school yard,

"DON'T YOU EVER SHUT UP TAMMY. You have no idea what you are talking about." She screamed as she headed out to the yard. He wouldn't dare. He wouldn't get on that bus with those people. He wouldn't. "Lincoln." She yelled as she ran towards the bus. She had almost made it to the bus but stood there as saw it starting to move "Are you kidding me?" She screamed as the bus drove away. He actually got on the bus with them. Her boyfriend actually got on the bus with this... she could not even think of the word for her right now. And those... things. Amber was mad, Amber was annoyed. But most of all Amber was hurt. And when you hurt Amber it is something that you would regret.

As the walked in they saw an entirely different world. They were happy and just having a good time. Something that seemed to be truly needed. "Shall we dance."

"Link, aren't you gonna get in awful trouble for this?" Tracy questioned him as he danced with her.

"I'm not plannin' on tellin' my dad." He found himself saying. It felt familiar to him and he could not figure out why. Not in a good way though. Something didn't seem right.

"No, I mean in trouble with someone else." Tracy answered.

Link looked at her for a moment and it short of started coming back to him. "Hmm. Maybe. Maybe it's worth it. I think knowin' you's the start of a pretty big adventure."

There conversation was interrupted by Tracy's mom. Where he made the simple gesture that he always does. He made a note to himself that maybe he should stop winking. Her reaction wasn't that great. She even accused Tracy of being all mashed up against a crooner. He wasn't a crooner. He was just a kid on a local TV show that wanted to be like Elvis. Oh wait maybe he was a crooner.

Maybelle offered her food and then she asked about a celebration. It lead into the whole conversation about Negro day cancelling, Velma being an evil person, marching, wire tapping cold dead bodies and then with a simple "Walk with me." It changed everything. "I just think this adventure's... a little... too big for me." Why did he just say that? Why did he just open his mouth and say that. The look in her face said it all. What was he thinking? "Oh, God. No, no, no. That's not what I-" He heard her say something his shot. He had to explain. He tried to explain. "No, Trace, that's not what I-" As the tears came pouring from her eyes he finally realized where he remember it from. "I should go." was all he could whisper out. He knew what was happening. That dream that he kept having. This was it. But it wasn't a dream. It was reality. A reality that he was not ready to face. As he walked out of there he has no idea where he was going, what he was doing. All he knew is that he hurt someone he carried about and hurt them bad. He wanted to just turn around and run back in there and tell her how much he cared about her. How much she was right. And how much he wanted to help her. But he was too scared, he was too ashamed of why he walked out of there in the first place. He knew it was the right thing to do but he wasn't ready to give up everything he worked for.

As he was walking down the street, Link had so many things running through his mind. How could she have though that he meant it the way that she thought he did? How could he have just walked on her like that? How could he let the tears fall from her eyes? How could let his joy of dancing hurt the one person that he cared about more than anything in the world? How could he not tell her the truth? And for once it hit him and hit him hard. He has feeling for her. And not just the feeling of friendship. She wasn't just a girl that he wanted to hang out with her. He didn't just wanted dance with her. He realize why he was jealous when she dances with the other council men. He knew why he was so upset when he dropped her off at her house that night. He knew why he had such a hard time giving Amber his ring. For the first time he realize that she wasn't just his friend. After all the walking he finally ended up back home. Heading up to his room he took a long deep breath looking in the mirror. For that moment he finally realize that he had feelings for her.