Chapter 3

Tracy was woken up by her mother's shout from downstairs.

"Tracy, time for school!" she called.

"I'll be down soon!" Tracy called back and got off her bed. Since she fell asleep after crying for a while she didn't change into her pajamas. Tracy took off her dress, threw it down on the ground, and got on a new outfit. She put on a blue long sleeve shirt and demin pants. She really didn't care what she wore today. Tracy combed her hair, grabbed her backpack, opened her door, walked down the stairs, and into the kitchen.

She wasn't exactly hungry though her mother was busily making pancakes. She grabbed a bottle of water out of the refrigerator and left. She wasn't exactly excited about going to school today since almost everyone saw Link and Amber smooch. She walked out the door before her mother could say anything to her. As she walked to school, she noticed a car pulling up in front of her.

"Oh, no," Tracy groaned. Link got out pof his car and started to apologize until Amber stepped out and pushed her way to Tracy.

"I just wanted to say that you have no idea how much fun me and Link had last night." Amber smirked. Link watched her angrily but he looked over at Tracy.

"Really, well good luck to both of you," Tracy said bitterly.

"Tracy…you look good," Link said, but she wasn't listening.

Tracy pushed them aside and stormed off towards the school. When she arrived, Penny and Seaweed ran up to her and started to talk with her as they pushed her inside the school.

"Did you know that Link tried to get me to take him to your house last night? Luckily my mom (and hr force) got him to leave after she gave him a black eye!" Penny exclaimed.

"She what?" Tracy shouted. She hadn't noticed the black eye, or did she just not pay attention?

"Just kidding!" Penny laughed. "But she did punch him in the stomach."

"Wow, intense," Tracy said. When they walked into the school, no one dared to look at her, but only murmured to each other and laugh quietly.

"Amber started a rumor saying that you slapped Link," Seaweed mumbled under his breath.

"Figures," Tracy sighed. They arrived at Home EC, which was their first class.

"So did he call you?" Penny asked Tracy as they took their seats.

"Yes, and I hung up on him," Tracy said flatly.

"Way to show him who's boss, girl!" Seaweed exclaimed as he gave Tracy a high five. Just then Link passed by and tried to get near Tracy, but Seaweed pushed him to the side.

"Hey, let me talk to my girl!" Link insisted and he tried again. Seaweed pushed him again.

"I thought Amber was your girl," Seaweed said.

"I love Tracy, Seaweed, not Amber!" Link shouted.

"Then why did you kiss Amber?" Penny asked.

"Because I'm more cooler than that Tracy!" Amber growled as she walked next to Link and cuddled with him. Link tried to push her away, but Tracy had enough.

"Link, go ahead and be with you airhead because we're through!" she cried and ran off out of the room.

"TRACY, WAIT!" Link shouted after her. But she kept on running, tears sweeping down her face. She ran down the hall until she reached the corner and stopped there. Just then someone gently put their hand on her shoulder.

"Okay?" Little Inez asked.

"Nope. Link's acting like a jerk and Amber is acting like his girlfriend!" Tracy cried.

"Don't let her get to you, Tracy," Little Inez said as she walked with Tracy to Home EC. Tracy and Inez screamed when they reached near their classroom and saw Link and Seaweed fist fighting. They were throwing insults of each other.

"You jerk!"

"Me? You're the one who kissed someone other than your girlfriend you son-of-a-,"

"Stop it! Both of you!" Tracy shouted. The two boys stopped and stood up straight. Link and Seaweed both had bloody noses and Link had a bad cut on his left arm.

"How did this start?" Tracy demanded.

"Link said that Penny wasn't as pretty as anyone he knew so I got mad for him insultin' my girl!" Seaweed snapped as he threw Link to the side. Link was threw back against the lockers.

"I said she wasn't as pretty as Tracy that's all!" Link growled. Seaweed held up his fists but Tracy thought they were going to get at it again, and she skipped between them.

"Tracy, move unless you want to be in this fight too," Seaweed said growling and staring angrily at Link.

"Don't you dare tell Tracy to move!' link yelled. "She's just trying to get us to stop fighting like idiots!"

Tracy looked at Link and then at Seaweed but then quickly back at Link. "Look at you two," she said. "You guys could have been best of friends but instead you're hurting each other and luckily not killing each other."

Link loosened his anger on Seaweed and Seaweed lower his fists and loosened his anger also.

"I'm sorry Link," Seaweed finally said after a few minutes. "I guess I got upset and mad when you said Tracy was prettier than Penny."

He sighed and continued, "I guess they're both beautiful girls."

Penny and Tracy smiled and Penny walked over to Tracy and stood next to her.

Link sighed and looked at Tracy and Penny. He winked at Tracy and then walked over to Seaweed.

"I'm sorry too, dude," he said. He held out his hand and seaweed shook it. They gave each other a quick hug before letting each other go so they can take care of their noses and sores they gave each other.

Penny led them to the nurse office and as Link followed Seaweed and Penny, he quickly stared back at Tracy, smiled and then followed them into the office.