Ch. 1: Mikey is Gone
The following day in school, Colleen arrives to find Mikey and apologize to him.
"I hope Mikey is not in the mood to beat me up," Colleen says to herself.
Suddenly, she sees Lucy at the Main Office talking to Mr. Collins who looked distraught. She runs over to see what is wrong.
"Lucy?" Colleen calls her.
"Colleen, I was about to call you," she said.
"What's going on?"
"It's about Mikey Collins. He ran away yesterday."
"RAN AWAY?!"
"I went to his room this morning to talk to him," Mr. Collins explained, "He was never in bed and a few of his clothes and his bag are gone."
"This all my fault. It's all because I cyberbullied him."
"Colleen, you're not responsible. From what I heard about him, he was troubled and ready to run away," Lucy assured.
"I just don't know how he could have gotten out without me seeing him. It's like he just vanished off the earth," Mr. Collins said.
"Do you know anything, Col?"
"Mikey and I are not exactly friends, but my friends and I will look for him afterschool."
"Thank you, Colleen."
After that, Colleen and Bai Tsa gather their books and notebooks from her locker when they hear Stacey picking on Colleen's friend Trina.
"Look who just rolled in, Girls," Stacey sassed, "Rolly Polly Trina!"
"Knock it off, Stacey!" Trina yells.
"Or what? You would use us as bowling pins?"
She and her friends laugh, saddening Trina. Colleen and Bai Tsa saw this, so Bai Tsa decides to step in to help Trina.
"Tell me, Stacey," she sasses at her, "What diet plan will you use to get rid of the excessive weight in your head?"
"Oh! You did not just call me a fat head, Fishface!" she angrily growled as they face each other real close.
"WITCH!"
"Anchovie for brains!"
"Primitive Amazon!"
"Wuss!"
"Mutant cat!"
"Eau de Fish!"
"Paramecium!"
While they continuously name-call each other, Colleen takes Trina by the hand and takes her away from it.
"Come on, Trina," she says, "I better get you away from Stacey while Bianca keeps her distracted."
"Thanks, Colleen," Trina thanks her.