Disclaimer: I only own Clove (forgot to mention that in the last chapter), Barbie, Tony, and Kasia Mitton and this storyline.

A/N: Kasia's name is pronounced Kay-shah. Pretty much just the word 'Asia' with a K in front of it. Just thought I'd point that out, since I've heard it pronounced like Kasha.

I'd like to dedicate this chapter to my first reviewer, Animus of Lacuna. Thanks!

A word of warning…I'll be on vacation in NYC all next week…from very, very early Sunday morning (meaning around 1 am) to early next Monday. I'll see if my mom will let me use her laptop on the train, but I HIGHLY doubt she will, so I'm sorry…I'll see if I can get something up tomorrow…but I don't think I'll be able to.

Kasia woke up the next morning to find Clove batting a guitar pick around her bed. For a second, she thought she was still at home, but then she glanced around and remembered that she was at Sunny's house and climbed out of bed. Going to the closet, she chose a light pink Happy Bunny t-shirt and jeans. After she was dressed, she went into the bathroom, brushed her hair and teeth, and then scooped Clove up and wandered to the kitchen, where Sunny was sitting at the table, reading the newspaper and nibbling on toast. She saw that a slice of toast was sitting at another place at the table and sat down there. Sunny glanced over at her.

"Morning, Kasia," he smiled.

"Morning," she replied, biting into the toast.

"You sleep okay?" he asked.

"Yep," she nodded. Clove walked over to where a bowl of tuna had already been placed.

"Well, my conference with Madison's parents is in about an hour. You can come if you want, stay here if you want," Sunny told her.

"I think I'll stay here," Kasia told him.

"Okay," Sunny replied.

"Why don't any of the other kids like me?" Kasia suddenly blurted out, surprising Sunny.

"I knew this was coming at one time or another…okay, what gives you the impression that none of the others like you?"

"They call me names and throw things at me and take my stuff and start rumors about me…" Kasia explained. "Need I continue?"

"Well, do all of them do that?"

"Most do,"

"Do the kids in the music class?"

"Well, not as much as the others. The twins don't at all, but Kim's careful not to be seen around the other kids with me,"

"What about Kam? He seemed to take a liking to you,"

"He's nicer than any of the other kids in school, but we're still not really close friends. He's usually with his sister or the other really, really smart kids," Kasia sighed.

"You could ask Kam if you could sit with him at lunch and try to get to know his friends," Sunny told her.

"I tried that,"

"What happened?"

"They studied," Kasia stated.

"Huh?"

"All through lunch, they studied," Kasia sighed. "There wasn't a chance for me to get to know them, they were studying,"

"Oh, I see…" Sunny pondered this for a moment. "I'll see what I can do,"

"Thanks, Sunny," Kasia smiled. "You're the best friend I've ever had,"

"Honestly?" Sunny asked.

"My last school was worse than this. That's why we moved. And it's not exactly like I could call my parents friends," Kasia pointed out. "There's Clove, but he doesn't talk to me and help me like you do,"

"Thanks, Kasia, that means a lot," Sunny told her.

"It's the truth," Kasia shrugged.

"Okay, well, I got that conference. Figure out what you want to do while I'm gone, okay?" Sunny asked.

"Okay," Kasia agreed, watching him go. Clove was looking up at her.

"Clove, is it wrong to fall in love with you music teacher?" she queried once Sunny had left.

"Me-row," Clove replied, licking a paw.

"So, other than spacing out in class occasionally, Madison's doing fine, one of our best soloists, actually," Sunny told her parents. "Did you have any concerns?"

"Well, not about Madison, actually," her father admitted.

"Oh, what is it?" Sunny asked, concerned.

"Well, I was going through her backpack last night, and I found a note. She said she didn't write it, any of it, that she found it in her desk, and I don't deny it, but it concerned me nonetheless," her father admitted, handing it to her.

New girl…who is she?

Kasha Mitten or something.

What's wrong with her? Is she emo?

Yep. Bet she cuts.

Wouldn't be surprised. She's WEIRD.

Spaces out in the hall. Bet she's on drugs.

She and that weird Cam kid are always leaving music together.

Isn't that cute. A nerd couple.

LOL.

"I asked Madison about the girl, this Kasha Mitten, they were talking about on here. She said she knew her from music. As far as you know, are any of these things true?" her father asked.

"We don't want to hurt her, Sunny; we just want to help her. The poor little thing…" Bianca whispered.

"No, she's not like this. She's just very misunderstood around school. Her parents…" Sunny faltered.

"Her parents…?" her father coaxed.

"They're…um…very worried about her school life. Very…helpful," Sunny lied.

"Oh. Well, we just wanted to make sure. Thanks," her father smiled as he and Bianca left. Sunny couldn't concentrate on the way home. He wanted to take those two girls and put them in Kasia's place, make them feel how she felt. Or maybe just slam their heads into a wall. Either way, he wanted them to be in pain. Why did he feel so protective of the girl? He wasn't so protective about Eddie when Tamika threatened him. Why Kasia? With a sigh, he decided that he knew why, he just couldn't admit it.