*So sorry this took forever, i was having conflicting ideas for what should happen next. Anyways, I don't own anything, and other than that, enjoy! :)*

I didn't get many search results. After all, the show is pretty old. I didn't learn much, but apparently the host of the show was Chris McLean, and there was a huge "shipping war" over the show's couples or something. I was about to search for some photos when mom called me down for dinner. I closed the laptop and hopped down the steps. I saw mom stab a fork into two bowls of pasta.

"Finish your homework yet?" She asked with a laugh.

"All I had to do was give you this note from the new principal." I replied, grabbing one of the bowls.

"So, I'm never going to see it." She councluded. I nodded and started back up the stairs.

"Bring that back down when you're done!" She yelled at me.

"Yeah, yeah..." I sighed before slamming my door behind me. I plopped back down on my bed and twirled my fork around and around the bowl, not eating any pieces. My mind was spinning. What's the former host of a then famous reality show doing running my school? Why did Mom, Dad, and Courtney get so crazy when said reality show came on the TV? Why won't Mom tell me why her and Dad split up? I finally got frustrated with all the unanswered questions, and resolved to make a plan. I opened my window and turned the bowl upside down over the tree right outside my window. The birds'll get to it later. I grabbed the cold porcelain bowl and made my way back down stairs. Once exiting my room, I could hear my mom talking on the phone.

"I'm glad you moved here." Mom said cheerily.

"LeShantay? I like it." She said minutes later. She't talking to LeShantay's parents or something. I backed up back inside my room and picked the house phone I have up off the reciever.

"Hold on a sec, girl. LeShantay needs to give me a note or something." Said a voice that sounded almost exactly like LeShantay's. This voice, though, was less rough. It was sultry and melodic.

"Hemlock told me about that, too. No way I'm getting it, though." She laughed. I growled under my breath, hoping that Mom didn't hear me. She didn't seem to, and LeShantay's mom excused herself for a moment. You could hear some mumbling and whispers on the other line, until LeShantay's mom cried out.

"PRINCIPAL WHO? Oh, someone is going to get it!" She yelled.

"Um, Everything okay?" Mom asked.

"Get that note from your girl!" She yelled back frantically.

"What? Why? I doubt she has-" Mom began, but was cut off.

"Just get it!" LeShantay's mother yelled.

"Alright, LeShawna, relax." Mom said, walking over to the steps.

"Oh, you won't be relaxing when you see this!" LeShawna yelled. Mom laughed and I could hear her boots at the end of the hall. I just noticed that I had the phone in my hand and quickly placed it back in the charger.

"Act natural." I whispered to myself. I picked Scruffy up out of her cage and pet her with my index finger until Mom walked in.

"Uh, Hemlock?" Mom asked. I pretended to be startled and dropped scruffy by accident.

"Oh! I'm sorry little guy!" Mom yelled, picking up the spider and patting it on the head. "Yeah." She said in a baby voice.

"Um, What, did you want, Mom?" I asked, laughing nervously.

"Can i see that note you got today?" Mom asked as she put a little piece of bread by Scruffy's mouth.

"Sure, I guess." I said, going over to my bed. I looked one more time at the huge red letters that filled up the entire page before handing it over. Mom picked the phone back up and handed me Scruffy before smoothing the crinkled up sheet of paper over the corner of my dresser.

"Alright, I've got it, LeShawna." She said before bringing it up close to her face. "But I don't see what's wrong with-AH!" She yelled, crumbling the paper into a ball and tossing it out my window.

"Good shot!" I complimented. Mom didn't acknowledge me. Her and LeShawna were just having screaming fits at each other. It was hard to make out words but there were tons of "Oh crap"'s, "What is he doing here?"'s, and "How do we-"'s.

"Mom!" I yelled, but she didn't hear me.

"Mom!" I yelled a few minutes later. Still nothing.

"MOM!" I finally screamed really loudly.

"Hold on a sec, LeShawna." Mom said very calmly. "What?" She then whisper-yelled at me.

"Your screaming really loud. Keep it up, and the neighbors will call the cops, and I can't get put back in Juvie already." I reasoned with her. Mom shut her eyes for a minute and did one of her breathing excersises.

"Okay, you're right." She said. Then she put her ear back on the phone, where LeShawna was still yelling.

"LeShawna!" Mom yelled, and the other line was silent. "Hemlock's right, we need to calm down." The line went silent once more, but then I guess LeShawna started talking again.

"No, I don't know how we can handle this." Mom said, her voice straining.

"That won't work." Mom said a second later.

"And that's illegal." She said with a laugh before she walked out of my room and shut the door behind me. I stared confuseldy at the door. This just keeps getting weirder and weirder. Now I really need to make a plan to figure this all out. A smile curled on my lips as I pulled out my cellphone and banged rabidly on the numbers that together would enable me to call Gidget.

We talked for about an hour, and went over everything we know so far. We decided that Gidget, LeShantay, and I would try and figure this out, if it's the last thing we do.

After hanging up on Gidget, I did variousl things until 11:30 PM rolled around. I also know it as the time Mom goes to sleep. After hearing the door across the hall slam shut, I jumped out of bed and tied my hair up in a ponytail, pushing back all the stray teal hairs. I put on a long black T-Shirt and soft bermuda shorts before lacing up my red converse. I grabbed my messenger bag, which was now filled with flashlights, paperclips, screwdrivers, wrenches, and other various tools and whatnot, and read the clock on my nightstand. 11:49.

"I've got ten minutes." I muttered to myself as I carefully and quietly slid out my window. I sat on the thick branch as I slowly and hesitantly pulled the window closed, hoping my mom wouldn't wake up. After the window was closed, and I was on the outside looking in, I stood up on the branch. I lifted my bag up a bit before inching my way over to the next branch. I continued this for about three more branches. I shut my eyes and hopped off the last branch. i landed skillfully on my feet, releasing dust from the ground. I brushed myslef off a bit before disappearing into the night.

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