Sarosa ran down the pipe. It was coming for her, she knew it, she could hear it running after her. She rounded a corner, panting heavily. She reached into her bag and grabbed her cell phone, desperately dialing.

"Ugh!" she growled in rage, dropping her bag. It was holding her down. She pushed on, pleading for Kyla to answer.

She did. But it wasn't the answer she wanted. "Sarosa? Sarosa, thank goodness you called! I need you to track my phone, and then – oh my gosh! No! AUGH!" she heard the phone crash onto the ground, and the dial tone was heard.

"Kyla…? Kyla!" Sarosa halted. "Kyla, answer me!" she stared at the phone. "Oh my gosh, Ky?" she was so scared, tears were actually in her eyes. "Kyla!"

She put her phone in her pocket and started running again. Keep going, keep going…keep going! she thought.

Suddenly, she came to a dead end. "No…"

"Well, well, well…"

Sarosa turned. And screamed.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

"KYLA MCGAHAN GIVE ME THAT!!!"

"WILL YOU GUYS SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP?!"

"WHEN KYLA GIVES ME THE – OW! YOU LITTLE – "

"WELL, LEMME GO!"

"GIVE IT…BACK!!!"

Sarosa stared at the three girls and shook her head, not even bothering to get involved. The four girls were in their usual hangout, an abandoned shed that only had one run-down couch. Kyla McGahan, the youngest of her best friends was playing with Chloe Burke's DS…for the millionth time…Nikki Baxter was trying to break up the fight that had broken out…and was failing miserably. Sarosa studied them for a minute longer then said, "Hey! Hey knock it off!"

"Well, make Kyla give me my DS back!" Chloe lunged for the DS and was stopped as Nikki grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.

Sarosa looked over at Kyla, "Just do it."

Kyla paused. She sighed and got a pouting look on her face as she handed it over. "Fine…"

Chloe stuck her tongue out at Kyla and shoved her DS into her book bag.

Sarosa sighed. "I swear, you guys have not gotten along any better than you did last year…it's a wonder why you guys are best friends anyway."

Chloe rolled her eyes. Kyla snorted, "Yeah, and Chloe's attitude ain't helping much either!"

Chloe growled and pounced at her. Kyla shrieked as she was pinned down, "Get off of me your fat butt is killing me!" Kyla grabbed Chloe's arms and with a swift move, pinned her underneath her, "Ha-ha…now what? Ohhhh got nothing to say to that do ya? Huh?!"

Chloe blew a raspberry. "Yeah, actually, I do…Get off of me!"

Kyla leaped off of Chloe and ran behind Sarosa before any further damage could be done. "So…how about that research project we're getting tomorrow?"

Nikki groaned. "Oh, man, I totally forgot about that…"

Chloe stood up. "I totally can't wait for it," she rolled her eyes.

Sarosa chuckled. "It can't be that bad."

"Need I say it's Mrs. Myers…?" Kyla said, making her way over to the couch. "She A) Not only hates me, but B) will give me a freakishly hard project to research, and C) will take it out on you guys because you are my friends."

"Ah, not Sarosa…she's Teacher's Pet…" Chloe smirked at Sarosa who blushed.

"I am not…she just likes my writing is all…" she stood up straight. "And to be honest, I'd like to do some research on something."

Nikki lifted an eyebrow. "Eh-heh, and I suppose you also can't wait for the new Stupid Elephants of NYC movie to come out?"

Kyla leaped into the air, "I know I can't!"

Sarosa looked at Kyla then at Nikki, "What? No! No, I really do want to do research, honest! And besides, why would I want to see it, those movies are pointless and the destroy brain cells."

Kyla looked at her confused, "Wait…like, brain cells, in your…brain…?"

Chloe snorted, "Kyla's living proof."

Nikki giggled. Kyla paused before giving Chloe the dirty look she usually gave to teachers who gave her detention.

Sarosa sighed. She looked at her watch and gasped. "Oh, no it's 8:30! I gotta go guys! See you tomorrow!" she ran out the shed.

Kyla grabbed her backpack, "Me too…Sarosa wait up!"

Chloe looked at Nikki, "Well, we better get home."

Nikki nodded. "Wanna go the route when we hit my house first, or yours?"

Chloe thought a minute. "Yours. I'm in no rush to get home."

Nikki nodded then shouldered her bag.

HI! I know this is short, and I promise the next chapter will be longer.

This is my first FF, so plz no flames! Constructive criticism I can tolerate (and I do use it believe it or not) and good comments are always welcome!

Check out the character bios under meh name, kay?

-TheIncredibleMadame-E