Not Always As They Say Chapter 3, a pokémon fanfic

Ok sorry it took sooo long but my internet crashed then the stupid people took forever to come and see what the problem was.

Anyways I am running out of ideas, so I've decided to have the few people who review to give me a shippings (any one from pokemon if I have to I'll get a character(s) to 'pop' in) and I'll dedicate the chapter to them and have the chapter have at least two whatever shipping moments! Same with my other story!

I've deicated this chapter to the following awesome people:

Dazzling in Front of You

xxicececatxx

Sorry if this chapter sucks! I hope you enjoy it though!

O btw, I changed the names of Elizabeth's 'crew', I kept forgetting the names (SORRY!) Here are the new names:

the one obsessed with Ash: Jackie

the one obessed with Paul: Edna

the one obsessed with Drew: still Elizabeth (Eli)

"No teacher yet." Drew smirked. He glanced across the room. He continued to scan the room before his eyes fell on two students. He glared at one of them. Paul and Ash had copied his actions, which ended with the same results, glaring at one of two students.

Drew regained his cool and had his famous smirk plastered on his face. Paul didn't have to do anything, seeing he was Paul. Ash did the same as Drew had done, regained his cool. Ash had his goofy smile on.

"I got to do something." Drew drifted off walking towards the two students, of which one he had glared at. Paul looked straight ahead to the students he was glaring at.

"Yea same here." Paul practically whispered walking in their direction. Ash looked at the two confused.

"Okay then I guess I'll go with them..." Ash trailed off drifting towards the kid he had glared at.

Drew looked at the two students. There was one girl and one boy talking to each other. He smirked at the girl, who happened to be May. He glanced at the second person, the boy. The boy was taller than May by half an inch, but shorter than Drew. He had white hair and a black shirt with a baggy grey jeans. Drew was two inches taller than May, so he knew he was definitely taller than the kid. He had guessed the mysterious boy was Brendan Birch. Brendan looked like he was going to ask May something like 'do you wanna go out', so Drew decided to interrupt him.

"Hey, Maple" Drew smirked. He slid between Brendan and May.

"Excuse me?" Brendan asked angrily. Drew just ignored him and continued staring at May. "Who the fuck do you think you are?" He asked even more madder.

"Drew." Drew simply anwsered. "Now who the fuck do you think you are talking to me like that?" Drew snapped. He turned around to face Brendan. He smirked mentally as he looked down on Brendan

"Oh. You're Drew? As in the Drew?" Brendan asked astonished. He quickly got over the astonishment. He figured Drew wanted to go out with May. 'Damn it! He wants to go out with May that's why he's here! Well popular or not I liked her first!' Brendan thought.

"None other." Drew responded bringing Brendan out of his thoughts.

"Oh well. Um.. Drew or not, you interrupted something and I suggest you leave and apologize for interrupting." Brendan stated jabbing his finger into Drew's chest.

Drew pushed away his finger. He quirked up an eyebrow. "Really?" He scoffed.

"Yea!" Brendan yelled. He was getting frustrated that Drew didn't even leave yet. Drew just scoffed.

"And if I don't, what are you going to do about it?" Drew taunted. He knew that no one messes with him because of two reasons. One, he was extremely popular, so no one dared to talk back, well except for May. Two, he knew how to fight. He was the best fighter in the school and Paul and Ash were tied for second, and since they were friends, he had them for back up.

"Um.. Whatever!" Brendan shouted. He thought he had no chance, so he backed out. He turned to May and flashed a disarming smile. "Catch you later." Brendan winked. May giggled.

"Okay." She smiled and waved as he went to sit down in his assigned seat. She turned to Drew and frowned.

"What?" Drew asked innocently, as if that never happened.

"You know what! Why did you chase Brendan away?" May fumed. She frowned and crossed her arms. She looked at Drew with fiery sapphire eyes.

"Please. You would have done it eventually." Drew teased. Drew smirked as he looked at May and could have sworn he saw flames in her eyes.

"WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?" May exploded. She took a deep breath and was red, and full of anger.

"What do you think?" Drew kept up his banter with a complete cool and calm attitude.

"Ugh! Drew Cartler! I hate you!" May shouted. She threw her arms up in the air and turned her back on Drew. She folded her arms and huffed.

Drew grabbed her by the waist and pulled her closer. "Too bad. 'Cause I feel the opposite way about you." He whispered in May's ear. May could feel his hot breath in her ear. She shivered slightly. May could also feel Drew's smirked forming as he said those words. She turned bright red and Drew walked away. He left May there dumbfounded and confused as she processed everything that had just happened.

"Yea same here." Paul practicly whispered walking in their direction.

Paul walked towards a brunette and a blue-haired girl. He deepened his glare as he saw the brunette. He walked by and shoved his hands in his pocket. 'Lucky me, they're by my desk, so I don't have to make an excuse to be near them.' Paul thought. He made it to his desk and pushed the brunette's shoulder.

"Hey what's your problem?" the brunette snapped. Paul smirked and looked at the brunette. He recognized him from Ash's track team picture. His name was something with a 'K'.

"What's your name? Ken, Kenward, Keith?" Paul changed the subject. The brunette stared at Paul in pure hate. Paul just smirked.

"No! It's KENNY! K-E-N-N-Y!" Kenny shouted in Paul's face. Dawn watched Kenny in shock. She had never seen Kenny this angry before. She figured if she explained Paul a bit he'd calm down.

"Kenny. chill. Paul isn't all that when it comes to remembering names." Dawn explained smirking a little. Paul caught her smirk, though.

"Yeah. Troublsome is right." Paul flashed a smirk at Dawn and then turned back to 'Kenward' and gave him a cold glare. Kenny shrunk back and decided to leave, but without seeming like a wimp.

"See you later Dee-dee." Kenny smirked, ignoring Paul. Paul glared at the kid randomly as he went to his seat.

"Dee-dee?" Paul looked at Dawn in pure amusement. Dawn was red as a tomatoe berry. Paul's smirk grew wider at the amount of embarrassment Dawn had.

"It's none of your buisseness!" Dawn defended. She turned away with a blush on her face.

"Okay Troublesome." Paul went back to his regular scowl and sat down in his seat.

"Don't call me that!" Dawn fumed, slaming her fist into the maple wood brown desk. Paul didn't even wince. He was used to Dawn's 'explosions'.

"Would you prefer Dee-dee?" Paul smirked. Dawn looked at Paul once more before calming down.

"No..." Dawn muttered in defeat. Just then a student by the door screamed.

"TEACHER!" she had shouted. Everyone rushed to their seats and looked up at the door where the teacher entered.

"Okay then I guess I'll go with them..." Ash trailed off drifting towards the kid he had glared at.

"Hey Mist." Ash greeted ignoring the boy next to him. Misty looked up and smiled. The boy next to her glared at Ash. He sent Ash a 'middle of something' look. Ash shrugged at him.

"What's up?" Misty smiled. She looked at the boy next to her then at Ash. "Do you two know each other?" She asked confused.

"Yeah. This is Gary, my old rival." Ash explained looking at Misty's confused expression. Misty formed an 'O' with her mouth as she realized what they were. She nodded her head in understatement.

"It's not a true rivalry, if you never win anything, Ashy-boy." Gary smirked. He looked at Ash and then back at Misty. He gave Misty a flirtatious smile and then turned back to the glaring Ash. Misty smiled sheepishly and blushed. Ash scowled.

"Shut up Gary!" Ash shouted. He looked at Gary and bawled up his fists. Misty was shocked and her mouth was slightly opened in astonishment. She had never seen Ash like this before. Ash had always had a goofy expression on whenever they were together.

"Uh... Ash?" Misty attempted. She tried to grab his shoulder to try to calm him down. Gary interrupted her attempt.

"Temper, Ashy-boy." Gary tauted. He smirked at Ash's glare. Ash turned away from Gary for a brief moment. He clenched his fist even harder, so they turned a white-ish color. Gary looked down at his fist and gulped. He had only seen Ash this mad once before. And they guy he got mad at was in the hospital for a couple days... or was it weeks? Anyways Gary was sure as hell not going to press Ash's buttons.

Ash clenched his jaw and gritted his teeth. "What?" He asked threateningly. He had a look in his eyes as if he was practically daring Gary to make a smart-ass remark. Gary eyes showed pure terror, but he kept his cool on the outside.

"Nothing. Um.. Got to go and sit..." Gary forced out. He looked at Ash and sighed in relief. Ash's anger was subsiding and he started to unclench his fists. He smiled at Misty and called, "See ya Misty!" Ash stared at Gary as he walked away and sat down by his seat. Ash sighed heavily and turned to Misty. He gave her his usual goofy smile.

"So... " Misty shuffled her feet. She shrugged off the awkward feeling and decided to make a joke. "Ash, you never answered my question." Misty smiled playfully.

"What question?" Ash asked. His face was contorted in confusion. He titled his on the side a little. He had curiosity and confusion in his eyes, and his smile fell a little. He leaned forward as if to press her for an answer. Misty suppressed a giggle. She smiled warmly at Ash's natural confusion.

"What's up?" She anwsered innocently. Ash's smile grew wide. He turned into Misty and goofiness took over him once more. He laughed lightly and walked towards her. They were now only inches away. Misty blushed slightly.

'Wait why am I blushing? Ash is nothing more than a friend... right? Plus I like Gary NOT Ash!'

"Sure keep telling yourself that. Tell me how that works out..."

'Who are you? And what do you mean 'tell me how that works out?'

"I'm your inner voice. And you shouldn't lie to yourself..."

'Wait what?'

"Go back to reality."

Misty snapped out of her trance and looked Ash. He looked like he had before her little conversation. She smiled at him and he looked like he was going to say something. He opened his mouth and...

"TEACHER!" Ash and Misty jerked their heads and looked in the direction of the door. Both stared at the kid who immediately ran for her seat. Ash looked at her and sighed. "Talk to you later, Mist." Misty sighed and wondered what Ash was going to say. She had guessed it was something stupid like 'the ceiling'.

"Yea we'll talk later." She smiled and ran towards her seat. It wasn't all that far from his. And fortunatly for him, far away from Gary's seat. He took his seat.

Ash's POV

I sat next to Drew, Paul, and some boy named Harely. I was content with my seat, except for Harely. Harley was an odd boy. Everyone in school was pretty sure he was gay. May and her friends seem to actually talk to him. Though when they are seen talking to him, most of the time they look disgusted or uncomfortable. I was okay with him. Yeah I thought he was weird as hell, but I had nothing against him this year. Drew on the other hand hates Harley.

Drew kept a grudge on Harely ever since last year. Harely was threatening May because he didn't want her to win some pokemon battle they were having. May went crying to us and once Drew saw her, he knew he would hate Harley forever more. Drew had gone up to Harley as soon as May told him, and beaten the shit out of him and a couple of other guys who tried to jump him because they were Harley's friends. Paul and I were there for back up, but Drew didn't seem to need it. All he ended up needing was us to hold his back pack. After Drew finished beating up Harely, all the girls naturally cheered and the boys started 'whooping'. Paul and I shrugged Harley's threats off, but Drew is still pissed about it. He never trusted him again, unlike May. May forgave him as soon as he gave her the 'I am sorry for everything!' act, she falls for it everytime.

Drew and Paul were already sitting down. Both looked disappointed. I took a seat next to Drew. Paul had relunctly gave up his seat to Drew since originally Drew sat next to Harley.

"What up?" I greeted sitting down. Paul looked up and Drew questioned me mentally. "What? Do I have something on my face?" I asked wiping my cheek with my thumb. I rubbed my palm against the right cheek then rubbed it against the left. Drew smirked.

"No, but stop doing that. You look like an idiot." Drew smirked, then started looking at me. He looked like he was trying to supress a smile. I rolled my eyes. Paul looked up and asked what he was going to ask in the begining.

"What's with the good mood?" Paul quirked and eyebrow and Drew glanced at Misty from the corner of his eye.

"Not like that! That has nothing to do with anything!" I shouted as I waved my hands across my chest frantically. Drew and Paul smirked.

"OK whatever. Anyway Ms. White is here, so shh!" Drew warned as a tall tanned skin lady walked in. She was wearing a gray business suit. I looked down at my paper. I didn't really take any interest in what the anouncements were, so I decided to space out a little bit.

Normal POV

Mrs. White began talking about all the annoucments we should "pay attention" to. Ash was drawing all over his notebook and Paul was glancing at the other table every so often. Drew was fiddling with his fingers and flashing his famous smirk to May whenever he caught her staring at him. Of course May blushed everytime. Before the annoucments came on, a tall boy with purple hair, lighter than Paul's, came rushing into the room.

"I'm soooooo SORRY! I was at my locker and I didn't realize the time!" The boy began apologizing. Ms. White, who shrugged and motioned to his seat. As the boy walked towards his seat he continued explaining.

"And May gave me the wrong time when I asked her, so I figured I had plenty of time when I really didn't!" Harley defended pointing at May. Ms. White was about to speak, but Drew beat her to it.

"Oh cut the crap, Harley." Harley looked at Drew with fake shock and hurt. "You were probably just curling your hair, so you could at least TRY to get a girl to talk to you." Drew smirked. Harley sent him a glare whilst the whole class burst out laughing.

"Watch it, honey!" Harley hissed, so only Drew could hear. Drew rolled his eyes and began taking down notes he'll need for his test later on. Harley sat down and Ms. White walked towards May's table.

Ms. White spoke quietly to the four girls at the table. First she talk to May and Dawn who were on the right side of the table. After whispering something about a room number, she switched to tell the two girls on the left side of the table. Dawn and Solidad were on the other end of the table.

Annoucements came on then were over. When anoucements were over, the kids usually did their homework, or talked.

May's group was usually doing homework or talking with only their small group. The only reason they did this was because the group next to them, was the girls they hated the most.

Eli and her crew always mingled. They would flirt with any guys they could or wanted to. And they would always try to get Drew's, Paul's, and Ash's attention. And if May, Dawn, or Misty needed help with something, and the guys offered to help, Eli would start something. The guys rarely asked to help, but when they did, the girls would accept it.

Drew watched May as she struggled with her math homework. It was worth a lot of points, so Drew pittied her. Paul watched Dawn struggle with her English homework and smirked as he thought it was soo easy. Ash watched curiously as he saw Misty struggle with her Science homework. Misty couldn't seem to figure out Newton's logic in his laws of gravity. Drew turned towards Paul and Ash. Drew motioned towards Misty's group and ignored Harley's excistence. All the boys nodded and Harley remained dumbfounded. Drew stood up first. Then followed by Paul and Ash. Paul had a scowl on his face and he glared at every other person who looked at him. Drew smirked and flipped his hair. Ash smiled goofily and titled his head towards his right. All three guys walked side by side to Dawn's group. Naturally Drew was the first to speak.

"Need any help? I'm awesome at math." Drew bragged. May looked up and rolled her eyes. She nodded though.

"Sure. I just can't figure out this one." May sighed. She pointed at a problem and Drew nodded.

"Oh that's easy let me show you, this is how you do it..." Drew sat down in the same seat as May. He sat on the edge and May blushed, but continued listening to what Drew was saying.

Ash walked over to Misty and smiled. Misty looked up and and gave Ash a smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. Her eyes showed struggle and furstration. Ash took a random chair and slipped it between Misty and May.

"Newton based his theories off Galio, so to get his theories, look at this." Ash explained grabbing a worksheet out of Misty's floder. Misty's eyes brightenned.

"Oh! Thanks Ash!" Misty pulled Ash into a tight, but quick hug and then scribbled a bunch of words down. Ash beamed in pride.

Paul walked between Dawn and Solidad. Paul bent down on his knees, to Dawn's level on the table. Dawn looked up curiously at Paul. Paul ignored her look of curiousity and pointed at her paper.

"A coordinated conjunction needs to go there, not a subordinating conjunction." Paul looked back at Dawn with a blank expression. Dawn smiled at him and changed her answer.

"Thank you!" Dawn chirped. "I never would have got that! Can you help me with this one?" Dawn asked. Her smiled dropped and she smiled at him slightly. "Please?" Dawn begged. Paul smirked. He nodded and went on explaining.

Two tables were watching the table with either anger or anger and envy. One table was at the other end of the room, the other was next to them.

Eli's table was one of the tables, they watched in envy and anger. The table had Kim sitting in there. She wasn't one of 'them', so she didn't care that theDrew Cartler was sitting with May Maple! She just looked over her work while the three other girls there just glared at the table next to them.

The other table was Gary's. They watched in plain anger. In Gary's table, Brendan, Kenny, Tracey, and Gary sat there. Tracey was the only one there who didn't look over at the table. He wasn't all that intersted. Tracey just continued drawing in his sketch books.

After May's table finished their homework, the bell ran for second period.

Dawn ran out the room and into her next class without stopping at her locker. She took a random seat in the back table. Before class started, she went to her bin.

All the art students had bins in the back for their projects and art supplies. It was like a locker, but for Art only. Everyone had one and Dawn's was near her the people's she was orginally sitting with. Her bin was decorated with pink flowers and baby blue poke-a-dots. Her name was placed in the middle of the bin, slanted with white glitter circling her capital letters, which spelled out her name.

Dawn went back into the room and sat down. Dawn looked to the empty seat next to hers. Someone's books were set down. The person's books were filled with running badges. The badges that you get when you complete a mile in track.

Dawn realized that whoever was going to sit next to her was in the school's track team. She grabbed the edge of the right corner of the notebook. 'Should I open it? I can always wait to see whose going to sit near. Naw... I'll just look for the name. I'm sure the person won't mind.'

Dawn snapped out of her thoughts. She opened the notebook and looked for a name. She saw a name in the back, but before she got to read it, someone intruppted her.

"What are you doing looking through my stuff?" a voice asked. The voice didn't sound irritated, but Dawn apologized anyways.

"I'm sorry! I just wanted to know whose it was! I'm sorry, I guess curiousity got the best of me!" Dawn cried franticly. The voice chuckled. Dawn finally turned around to see who the voice belonged to.

"Haven't you ever heard the saying, curiousity killed the cat, Dee-dee?" the voice, Kenny, asked. Dawn glared at the childish voice. Dawn pouted then when Kenny sat down, she spoke up. Dawn turned away from Kenny.

"Didn't you hear? Stupidity killed the cat, curiousity was framed, therefore I'm safe." Dawn shot back, not bothering to look at Kenny's shocked expression. Dawn smirked in triumph. Then another voice came in. This one she recongized.

"Well played, Troublsome." The voice was Paul's. Paul smirked. "Didn't know your brain was capable of thinking of something like that." Dawn frowned. She turned to Paul and so did Kenny. Kenny scowled and glared at the purple-haired boy.

"Paul! You're impossible!" Dawn pouted. Paul rose an eyebrow and sat across from Dawn. He set down his pencils, pens, markers, etc.

"What is that suppose to mean?" Paul asked. He finally looked at Dawn and then shot a glare at Kenny. Kenny shrunk back in fear. Paul smirked then turned to Dawn for an answer. "Well?" He persisted.

"Well..." Dawn began. "Well, you give me a compliment then you insult me!" Dawn frowned. She stared at Paul and waited for his reply.

"Who ever said he gave you a compliment in the first place?" an annoying voice sneered. The voice continued its banter. "Who can give you a compliment anyways? I mean don't you have to have something good about you to get a compliment?" The voice started laughing along with a few snickers from the classmates who heard. Dawn was at the at the verge of tears. Her eyes were glassy and she was sniffling. Paul glanced at her, then at the source of the voice. The annoying voice was Edna. Paul sighed and was about to speak up, but Kenward beat him to it.

"Oh. I was wondering who's annoying voice it was. Knowing it's you, makes alot of sense now." Paul wanted to high-five Ken for his comment, but that wouldn't be Paul. Paul looked at Edna's angry expression.

"Whatever! Who cares what a nobody says? You and that crybaby would make a perfect couple! A nobody and a nobody! Perfect!" Edna spat. "I just came over to ask Paul if he wanted to sit over with me, instead of with a bunch of nobodies."

"If I want to sit with nobodies, I'll sit with you." Paul growled. He picked up his supplies and moved towards a different table. Edna stood there with her mouth open. The students in the classroom burst out laughing. Dawn smirked and turned to face Kenny.

"Thanks, Kenny!" Dawn smiled. "That was nice of you to stick up for me." Dawn gave Kenny a grateful smile. Kenny blushed lightly.

"Yo-ur we-lc-ome, De-e-dee." Kenny stuttered. Dawn opened her mouth heasitantantly, but then the bell rang.

"Time for class, students." The teacher came out of his office and started clapping his hands to get the student's attention. The teacher, Mr. Nut, went to the front of the room. He stood in front of Paul's table.

"Mr. Nut! Are we going to move to the next step on our project?" A random student shouted.

"Actually, for once in your life, you asked a non-stupid question." The kid rose an eyebrow. "I'm kidding! Jeez I can't joke with you kids, or you call the police!" Mr. Nut chuckled. The class laughed. Paul's table rolled their eyes. Mr. Nut frowned playfully. "Your table, Paul, is the only one who doesn't laugh at my dumb jokes." Paul scoffed and his three other table mates rolled their eyes and turned to face the other way.

"If they were funny, I'd laugh." Paul said simply. Mr. Nut rolled his eyes. He turned to the rest of the class.

"Okay, I'm going to tell you the schedule. Today, we are going let everyone catch up to Paul's table. Because, compared to Paul's table, you guys haven't been doing anything. Tomorrow we will move on to the next step. Then after we complete step three, painting, we will let it dry while having a free day." Mr. Nut explained. Everyone nodded and Paul's table smirked at Mr. Nut's 'compliment'.

Everyone began talking and working. People were shouting across the room saying, "Pass the glue!" to "Ahh! Why'd you throw glue at me?" The class were making mini pinatas, but Paul's table put 5 thick layers of paper-mache already. The rest of the class was barley on their first or second layer, and they needed three layers at least.

"Oh, Paul, can your table go around helping other tables? I have no work for you guys to do, and I don't want you guys to any more ahead than the rest of the class." Mr. Nut asked. He walked over to the table and took each of their projects and either handed them out, or put them in the back. Paul looked at his three other friends.

Paul's table was all full of jocks, including himself. It was David next to him. David was the co-captin of the wrestling team. Next to Ash and Drew, David was a pretty close friend. Since Paul was the captin of the wrestling team, he spends a few hours with David each day or at least every other day. Across from Paul was Deigo. Deigo plays on the hockey team. Paul knows him because he was the captin of the hockey team, too. The last person at Paul's table was Brad, who sat across from David. Paul and Brad knew each other through football. Both played and Paul was the co-captin.

Paul turned towards them and they shrugged. David was the one who anwsered Mr. Nut.

"Alright, we'll help. Who do you want us to help?" David asked. Mr. Nut looked around and sighed. He saw about three people who needed help, but there was four of them. Mr. Nut cupped his chin and contorted his face in thought. Finally Mr. Nut spoke up.

"Alright then. David go help Edna. Deigo, you can help him over there. Brad and Paul, go help Kenny and Dawn." Mr. Nut instructed. David and Deigo nodded and walked towards the the people they're souppose to help. Paul groaned mentally and Brad groaned aloud. Mr. Nut rolled his eyes and walked away to put away some extra supplies.

Paul and Brad walked towards the table relunctly. Dawn and Kenny spotted Paul and Brad coming over. Both exchanged looks of wonderment and confusion. Brad was the one who did all the talking. Paul refused to talk to them at all.

"We have to help you two with your projects, so you people can finish." Brad explained walking towards Kenny and dipping strips of news paper in the batch glue. He started helping Kenny. He motioned to Paul and Paul gave Brad an annoyed look. Brad rolled his eyes and motioned towards Dawn. Paul waked over to Dawn and began helping her without looking at her, nor talking to her. After ten silent mintues, Dawn and Kenny were done. Paul and Brad walked away and went towards David and Deigo. Kenny and Dawn shrugged off the akward moments and their weird behavior.

Dawn and Kenny put their project in the back and started drawing randomly in their notebooks. Kenny and Dawn sat in silence with an occasional smile and blush. Dawn began humming, breaking the silence. Kenny wanted to start a conversation, but Dawn didn't say anything, so he'd have to start it.

"Anything new?" Kenny said. Her glanced up from his drawing to see if Dawn had heard him. Daw looked and smiled cheerfully.

"No nothing yet!" Dawn chirped happily. Kenny was about to speak up, but Dawn aske dhim something first. "How about with you? I know since the dance is coming up, you're thinking of a girl to ask to the dance, right?" Dawn pressed. Kenny blushed, but nodded his head yes. He pushed the blush away and smirked.

"Why are you asking? Wondering if it's you?" Kenny smirked. A light red took over her cheeks. She turned away and Kenny laughed lightly.

"Whatever. It was just a question." Dawn explained. Kenny looked down wit sad big brown eyes. He glanced at Dawn and then back at the floor.

"So you're saying, you would say no if I asked you?" Kenny wondered looking away. Dawn turned and smiled brightly. Kenny was facing away from her. All Dawn could see was the back of his head and his cheek. She grabbed him into a tight hug from the back and kissed him lightly on the cheek.

"No, I would say yes!" Dawn exclaimed. Kenny turned to face his date. Kenny lit up. He pulled her close.

"You're perfect." Kenny whispered into Dawn's ear. Dawn blushed and turned bright red when Kenny kissed her on her cheek. The rest of Art class, Kenny and Dawn were flirting and smiling. The rest of the class gagged at the sight. Paul scowled.

"I think I'm going to be sick." Paul gagged while clutching his stomach. The table nodded in agreement.

"Same here." David agreed holding his stomach. Brad and Deigo continued laughing and agreeing with Paul and David.

May was still in her second period class. She sighed as she looked ovewr her script she would have to perform for Drama class. She didn't know why she picked Drama as her exploritory class. Her teacher, Mrs. Kattie, handed out scripts and she was going to assign groups randomly, so May didn't know her panthers yet.

"Okay class! Ready to know your groups?" Mrs. Kattie asked. The class mummered in excitment and nodded their head yes. She walked over to Drew's table first.

The table was where Drew, Jason, Mike, and Derek sat. The table was in front between May's and Ealizabeth's table. May sat in her seat anxiousity next to Brendan and across from Justin and Zoey.

"Okay, Drew will be in that group, so stand right there. Jason you're going to be in a different group, so stand here. Mike and Derek, your over there. And you're in different groups, so spread out." Mrs. Kattie ordered. She looked over to Elizabeth's group. She sat with Nikki and Jazmin.

"Can I be in that group?" Elizabeth asked. She pointed towards Drew, so Drew took two large steps to the right, almost as if he were sliding. Mrs. Kattie looked over to where Eli was pointing to. She gave Eli a questioning look. Eli turned red with embrassment and the class erupted in laughter.

"Alrighty then..." Mrs. Kattie saidlooking down at the list of people and groups. "Okay, Elizabeth take your script and go stand by Derek." Elizabeth groaned and stomped towards Derek who took two steps away from her. Eli glared at him and huffed and folded her arms. Mrs. Kattie rolled her eyes.

"Which group are we going to be in?" Nikki asked in her sweet teacher voice. Nikki looked up inoccently. Mrs. Kattie looked through her clipboard.

"You and Jazmin are over there. Nikki by Mike and Jasmin by Jason." Mrs. Kattie walked away and Nikki groaned, but Jasmin shrugged. Nikki walked over to Mike and sat two feet away. Jasmin skipped over to Jason and scooted her seat near him. Jason backed away a little.

After instructing everyone where to go from the first five tables, it was finally May's table's turn.

"Maple's table." Mrs. Kattie smiled. "I hate to split you guys up, but I made the groups like this for a reason." Mrs. Kattie smiled and flipped to the list again. "Brendan, your with Jason." Brendan nodded and jogged towards Jason's group. "Justin and Zoey are both going to be in Mike's group." Zoey and Justin walked towards a small crowd of people including Mike. May stood up and wondered which group she'll be in. "May, you'll be in Derek's group I think. Hold on, let me check first." May lit up. She didn't want to be stuck with Drew.

"Yes!" May whispered to herself . May looked up and frowned when she saw Mrs. Kattie turn the page and nod. Derek's group was on the first page...

"No, my mistake your with Drew's group." Mrs. Kattie corrected. May's eyes fell and Brendan tightened his fist. "Oh my, the bell is about to ring! Everyone get your books ready and don't forget your groups for tomorrow!" Mrs. Kattie called, just in time, too. As soon as she finished speaking a loud ring was heard. The class rushed out into the crowded halls.

'At least only two more class until lunch... Then I can forget about being with DREW!' May thought. She ran out the door and stopped at her locker. She shoved everything in the locker.