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Swathmore Academy

Chapter 3:

Let's Just Skip Too the Drama

"I thought you were going to bite his head off" Avery said sheepishly as she walked beside her friend with a grin.

"What gave you that idea?" Kim asked with a sarcastic tone as she gripped onto the skateboard in her right hand.

"Just a hunch!" Avery said with a shrug as she skipped ahead of Kim by a bit. "Anyways wanna get some food at- OOF!" Avery yelped as she backed into a glass door.

"Smooth, Avery" Kim sniggered as she reached out her hand to help the girl back up.

"You're mean!" Avery pouted as she took Kim's hand with a displeased look on her face.

"I try" Kim said simply. "Is this the dojo that skate rat goes too?"

"Jack" Avery corrected. "His name is Jack"

"I bet you would know that" Kim said with a suggestive look.

"Wait-what?!" Avery shouted in confusion as she tried to explain the situation with her flustered self as she felt herself flush. "Jack's my- I mean- I don't- I!" Avery stuttered awkwardly as she tried to put her thoughts into words.

"Don't worry I won't tell anyone" Kim said with a wink as she glanced at the building.

"But- never mind" Avery sighed in defeat as she glanced at the building as well. "Wanna go in?" Avery asked.

"What?!" Kim cried if it was the most outrageous thing she could have ever asked. "We can't-MMPH!" Kim cry was muffled by Avery's hand. She glanced at Avery with wide eyes as she saw Avery staring at a figure across the street. Kim felt Avery tug her into the bushes at a rapid speed that would make Kid Flash jealous. Kim peaked her head out from the bushes in a attempt to see whoever it was but was just pulled back into the bushes by Avery. She managed to poke her head out just a bit to see the person's face. It was Jack. But she then had herself pulled back in by Avery.

"Hey, Rudy!" Jack greeted cheerfully as she heard the ring of a bell as she heard the door slam shut. Kim felt Avery shift slightly to make sure the boy had entered the dojo.

"Clear" Avery said in a slightly monotone voice as if she was trying to act like a solider.

"Great impression" Kim said with sarcasm dripping from her words as she quickly stood up from the bush and began to finger comb the leaves out.

"I try!" Avery giggled as she had clearly not noticed the sarcasm as she shaked some dirt off of her uniform and shake her head slowly. "Let's go back!"

"Back where exactly?" Kim asked as she arched her eyebrow.

"School 'course!" Avery rolled her eyes as if it was the most obvious thing in the world as Avery began to drag Kim by the wrist back to Swathmore as Kim suddenly froze. "What's wrong?" Avery asked with a worried tone.

"I need a new dorm"

~*~Swathmore Academy~*~

"That little" Claire mumbled to herself in pure anger and fury as she clenched her hand on her water bottle as she glared at the photo frame of the both her and Kimberly as she let out a loud growl as she chucked the water bottle at the photo frame as the glass broke as soon as it came in contact with the floor.

"AGHH!" Claire let out a scream of frustration as she knocked down the items on her desk as the items tumbled onto the floor as she let out another scream as she flipped her lamp from her night stand and took long struggled breaths as she felt herself sink to the floor in horror of the mess she had created. She covered her ears and felt herself go into a slight ball form as she blocked out the thoughts creeping into her mind of the sweet times she and Kimberly had shared together as best friends. "NO!" she yelled as she shoved her bed as he hand began to bleed from a piece of metal that she had scrapped her hand against in her fit. The blood began to drip onto the floor.

Claire Patrice Reece was far from perfect, very far from it. But Kimberly Nicole Crawford was close to it, too close. If getting Kimberly out of the picture was what needed to be done to make herself become popular, so be it. She would be flawless and perfect and everyone would love her. Maybe her own parents would love her again. All she needed was Kimberly out of the picture, her best friend Kimberly. She supposed it was a fair price to pay as she began to wrap her hand with a piece of cloth she had found on the floor.

"Popular, I'm going to be pop-u-lar, and all that I have to do…!" Claire sang the song softly to herself as her eyes trailed to the photo of Kimberly that she had taken of her on the first day of school "is get rid of you" Claire glared as she tossed the photo onto the ground and replaced it with one of her own. "and then look at where I am then" Claire sang with a twisted smile as she quietly slipped out of her dorm room with a grin as she hummed the tune lightly to herself.

~*~Swathmore Academy~*~

"Oh my god" Kim gasped breathlessly as she let her eyes wander around the room as she felt Avery gasp loudly also as Avery covered her mouth with her hand.

"What happened?" Avery exclaimed as she roamed around the room with her hand held out like it was about to reach for something but never did.

"Jesus Christ" Kim ran her fingers over the cracks of a photo frame of herself she had found on the floor and in its place was Claire's. "She's snapped"

"What?" Avery asked.

"She's snapped" Kim repeated.

"Oh" Avery said as she nodded her head in understanding.

"Let's just get my stuff, you sure you don't mind?" Kim asked as she opened her drawer and began to pack the 2 suitcases she had kept in her closet.

"Not a bit" Avery grinned as she leaned on the wall waiting for Kim eagerly. "Where do you think she went?" Avery asked.

"Who knows" Kim said with a shrug as she quickly zipped up both suitcases in a hurried motion as she reached for her purse as she began to exit the room. "She'll be back though" Kim said simply as she began to walk down the hallway, unknowing of the pair of eyes watching her from the opposite side of the hallway.

"I would watch my back if I were you, Kimberly" Claire grinned as she began to sashay down the hallway, her hands clenched around a flyer that read "The Pearl of Seaford Pageant".

~*~Swathmore Academy~*~

"Jeez Eddie" Jack sighed in annoyance. "Who said it needed to be perfect, anyways, it's just a log"

"Just a log? JUST A LOG?!" Eddie exclaimed at Jack with pure horror and anger evident in his tone. "It's more than 'Just a log'!"

"Sure, amigo" Jerry rolled his eyes at Eddie's childish behavior with a small tint of amusment in his voice.

"You know, Eddie's right, it's more then just a long" Rudy inturrped the group's argument as he nodded in agreement with at Eddie. "It's Seaford's pride and joy!" Rudy said in a slight dreamy tone as he clasped his hands together, his eyes sparkling in one of the most strangest ways.

"Okay the~n" Jack drawled out the sentence as he backed away from his sensi.

"If only we had the flag" Rudy whined as he rested his head on the wall in a childish manner.

"What do you mean by flag?" Eddie asked in a interested tone.

"The Swathmores stole our flags years ago, and we haven't gotten it back yet" Rudy seethed as he glared at a pair of teenagers across the mall wearing Swathmore uniforms.

"If it really is that important I guess we could go get it" Jack said slowly as he watched Rudy's mood begin to brighten.

"Really~!" Rudy exclaimed.

"Yeah I gu-OUT YOU GO, HURRY BACK NOW!" Rudy exclaimed as he cut Jack's sentence off and pushed the group of boys out of the door with a smile on his face as the he locked the door, key in hand as the teens tried to get back in. "Good luck!" he grinned as he flashed the teenagers a smile and two thumbs up as he watched them glare at him in a deadly manner.

"Let's just go" Eddie sighed as he began to walk towards the stairway, towards Swathmore Academy.

"Fun" Jerry said with false excitement as he followed the boy.

"Let's go get a flag" Jack said unenthusiastically with a frown evident on his face as he pumped his fist.

"Yay"

~*~Swathmore Academy~*~

Since there was no Kick in this chapter excepet tons in the next chapter to make up for it. Hopefully this chapter was good enough for your standards. Guess who's finally out of school? ME :D. Anyways, that's about it. So Happy 4th of July for the Americans out there :). That's it! Oh also, if you can guess the tune/song Clare sang that she tweaked the lyrics too, then you get a gift of your choice. Like a chapter dedicated to you, faster updates, etc. If no one can guess it or no one tries I will cry myself to sleep. Hint: It was in a play and the name of the song was part of the lyrics :D.

~Blossy