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"James Adams, Come here right now!" yelled Meryl Spencer, "You are in serious trouble!"

James slouched in to Meryl's office.

"It was not me! I did not throw the water balloons down the stairs. Honestly." He added quickly, seeing Meryl's furious face. Meryl pulled a face,

"You think I believe that? You really need to get a better excuse lined up."

James squirmed in his seat. He had been aiming at Lauren, his sister and Rat, her boyfriend. They had poured tomato and carrot soup in his bath when he was in it, and even after James used half a bottle of shower gel, and loads of deodorant, he still got people coming up to him and teasing him.

Unfortunately for James, two new red shirts were coming up the stairs just as the balloons burst. That was why James was sitting in Meryl's office in deep trouble.

"So James because you have no proof that it wasn't you I am going to make you sorry. Maybe after your massive punishment, you will stop and think before you drop water balloons on some innocent red shirts that were not doing…"

The door burst open and Kerry came in,

"Meryl, there are some red shirts outside who are covered in water and are killing each other…" she tailed off when she saw James sitting in disgrace. Meryl got up and went outside calling as she went.

"You can go James, but if you do anything else that is wrong, mark my words, you are in very big trouble."

James cheered. Kerry looked expectant.

"What?" James asked.

"I persuaded one red shirt to drop another balloon on the other one. It was so funny." Kerry grinned.

"Kerry, you are a lifesaver. I love you so much." James hugged Kerry so hard that she fell over backwards. Then he started laughing. Kerry looked confused.

"You caused trouble. I have never seen you do that before." James said before giggling again. "You got me out of punishment laps!" Kerry smirked. James moved forward to kiss her.

Later at dinner, Kerry, James, Bruce, Dana, Callum, Conner, Kyle and Shak were sitting at their usual table when Lauren and Rat came in giggling.

"Here comes trouble," James said before laughing, "Those two are so dead." He stood up and walked towards them. Lauren and Rat smiled as James strode towards them.

"Hello, James." Lauren said sweetly as she chose her pudding.

"Alright?" questioned Rat. James snorted,

"You wish, don't you?" As James said this the room went quiet. Everyone stared as James closed in. Just as James was two metres away, Lauren swung her tray with her plate of pasta on it. The pasta plate hit James in the face before the china fell on the floor and smashed. James could feel his cheeks burn red as he heard people laughing. He felt the pasta slide down his face. James was about to retaliate when he heard Meryl's voice in his head:

"If you do anything else that is wrong, mark my words, you are in very big trouble." Oh well James thought, Meryl wasn't in here anyway. He wiped the pasta off and slapped Lauren round the face. She fell backwards and crashed into a red shirt, who dropped her tray of food on the floor and started crying.

"James, I warned you, COME HERE!"

It was Meryl's voice. James swore out loud.

"****"

How could Meryl have suddenly come in at just the wrong time? James turned around. Kerry was standing there laughing. Meryl wasn't even in the room. Kerry had pretended to be Meryl to trick James. James couldn't believe his eyes. Kerry, who had saved him from trouble earlier, had just humiliated him in front of half of campus.

"I hate you Kerry!" James steamed. Kerry laughed again as Bruce came out from under the table.

"It serves you right. You tried to get off with me earlier in Meryl's office. Does Dana know yet?" Kerry walked off with her arm around Bruce's back. James turned around and saw his friend's sour faces staring at him.

"I didn't really try to get off with Kerry."James told Dana as they waited for the lift up to the sixth floor. Dana stayed silent. James tried again,

"I didn't honestly. Please believe me. Please."James grovelled. Dana looked at James like she would have looked at a three year old.

"Yeah, James I really believe you. I mean it is so obvious that you hate Kerry even though you fell out two years ago and you went on work experience with her." Dana looked hurt as she spoke sarcastically. Dana walked off in to her room. James followed her.

"James, go and do your English essay. It's due tomorrow." Dana slammed the door in James' face.