Ok, this is my second chapter. I know it's only been up a little while, but I decided to write another chapter and put it up without any reviews or anything. I'm so kind lol.


The first week of school had gone by rather quickly for the gang. The classes they had had yet to begin doing any work, and their tennis practices had been long and hard. They didn't seem to mind as much this year, since they all saw a lot of each other with little or no homework anyways. Cody was still a little bit distant from everyone else. Still feeling quite lonesome, she decided that she would take a lot.

She saw Adena and Squib hitting, but she decided to avoid going into their sight. She strode over to a tree, and took a seat beneath it. Adena seemed to be dominating Squib. It was off to another slow start for him this year, so he decided he needed some extra practice. Today, he was working on his volley. Adena hit the ball with a little bit too much force, and Squib missed it, leaving the ball open to smack him in the head. Cody couldn't help but laugh.

"Classic Squib," she laughed to herself. All of a sudden, somebody popped out in front of her.

"Hey Cody, haven't seen you around lately, what've you been up to?" Rick questioned her, seeming to enjoy every second of it.

"Oh you know the usual. Not playing any tennis, working on my photography, catching up on some of my books. Why Rick, what have you been doing?" Cody was obviously amused by Rick, and decided that she'd have a conversation with him today.

"I have been climbing my way up our fine rankings." Rick seemed rather pleased with himself…for a few seconds that is. "Alright, so I won one match against some nobody, and only because he got injured," he confessed.

Cody just smirked, Rick hadn't changed at all over the summer, and she was glad for that. Cody and Rick continued their conversation for a little while, but when Cody saw Squib and Adena finish practicing, she quickly got up and left to go into hiding once again.


"Wow, what a workout," Squib said.

"Yeah, sure was." Adena just rolled her eyes.

"Well what was wrong with it?" Squib began his interrogation.

"It's just not a ton of fun hitting straight to you, it's more fun making you run," Adena teased.

"That's nice of you," Squib said sarcastically.

"No Problem. Hey, isn't that Cody running off?"

"Where?" Squib asked, suddenly looking around.

"Right there," Adena pointed out Cody.

"Yeah, that is her. Cody's been acting weird lately, eh?"

"Yeah, it's like she's been avoiding us, don't worry, I'll talk to her about it." Adena said enthusiastically.

"That's a good idea, I don't think that she'd listen to me anyways," Squib grumbled to himself.

"What was that?"

"Never mind, just go and find Cody ok?"

"Alright, bye," Adena waved as she began walking off in the direction Cody had gone.

Squib sighed. Cody had been avoiding them for a reason. He just didn't know what that reason was. He wanted to find out, but it was just so hard for him to have a serious conversation with Cody. He knew he was hard to talk to, and he was trying to change that. He wanted to get through to Cody, and find out what was going on with her. It was probably a smart decision on his part to let Adena handle this though.


"Hey Cody, where have you been?" Adena asked her friend.

"Oh, I've been around. I was talking to Rick earlier. He hasn't changed a bit."

"And he never will," Adena just rolled her eyes. "We saw you two- Squib and I that is. Why didn't you come and hang out with us?"

"Oh…you both looked busy with your practicing. I know that Squib is trying to pull out of his slump, so I decided not to interrupt you two," Cody lied

"I see. It would have been fine. Squib always seems to cheer up when you're around." Adena winked at Cody.

"Adena! You know that we aren't like that anymore," Cody defended. At least, she thought that she didn't like Squib like that anymore. To tell the truth, she was trying to think less about him each day.

"I have a sixth sense about these things," Adena said as she took a seat next to Cody on the stairs. "I can tell that he still likes you. But I haven't really come to a conclusion about you yet, seeing as how I haven't seen you all year…"

"Look, Adena, I'm sorry I haven't been around…I've just been busy," Cody lied.

"Well that's fine. Are you busy tonight?" Adena interrogated, raising one eyebrow.

"Nope."

"Alright, that's good. We're all playing cards in the open at seven. Be there or we'll all hunt you down."

Cody laughed. "Alright, I'll be there."

"Alright, see you then," Adena said enthusiastically. She got up and joyfully skipped down the hallway.

Cody sighed. What had she gotten herself into?


Cards at the open seemed to be going fine. They were all together for the first time in a few days, and everyone seemed to be enjoying each others company. Cameron was sitting next to Adena and Tanis, and Squib and Cody were sitting together on a smaller couch.

"Do you have any 3's?" Squib asked Cam.

"Go fish"

Squib added another card to his collection.

"So what are your guy's plans for the weekend?" Adena asked everyone.

"I have a match tomorrow morning, but other than that…nothing," Squib said kind of sadly.

"Same here," said Tanis and Cameron.

"Cody?" asked Tanis.

"No plans, just going to maybe work on my photos. I guess I'll be seeing you at your match Squib."

"Cool," replied Squib. On the inside, he was jumping for joy. He was going to play extra hard for tomorrow, and try and break out of his slump. Having his own cheering section wouldn't hurt either.

"Any jacks Tanis," Cameron asked.

Tanis silently slid Cam a card, giving him an evil glare. "I'll get you back," she said.


Alright, so I put up another chapter. I'll most likely have another one up by the end of the weekend if I get any of reviews. Yes, I know nothing really has happened yet, but I promise that something big will happen next chapter!