Okay, I've finally taken time to write this. And on a more personal note, I usually don't say y'all, but last time I just had the urge to use it. And again, I'm sorry, my last chapters really sucked error-wise. I'll try harder. And, yeah, I'm evil, I haven't updated in forever.

CHAPTER 8

In the hall Danielle saw the guy who invited her to the party. He waved, and then ran over to her. "Hey Danielle."

Danielle tried to hide rolling her eyes, "Hey um…"

He looked sort of disappointed. "Sam"

"Right…Sam…" She stopped herself from explaining that she didn't care.

"So um…why did you leave the party so early last night? Did you not like it?"

"No, I liked it I just, um, I didn't feel well."

"Oh. That's too bad. Are you feeling better?"

Quit pretending you care. "Yeah, I think I just drank too much. Well, I have to get to class. Bye."

She started walking down the hall.

"Bye," Sam called after her. She ignored him.

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"OK class, I hope you all enjoyed your weekend, but it's time to get back to work."

The class let out a loud groan. They really had no reason to groan though. Everybody who had biology with Mrs. Palahniuk had to admit it was their favorite class, But groaning had become a tradition in that class. Besides they wouldn't want their principal to think they we're having fun in school, he would probably fire Mrs. Palahniuk if he knew.

"OK, open your textbooks up to page 380…"

Oh shit

Danielle raised her hand, "Mrs. Palahniuk, I left my biology book at home."

"Oh, that's okay Danielle, I have an extra copy." She opened her desk drawer and pulled out the book, and handed it to Danielle.

Danielle smiled, "Thanks Mrs. Palahniuk."

She smiled and gave Danielle a nod before she kept talking. "Page 380, chapter 7.5 talks about trematodes. Trematodes are little parasites that live, most of the time in birds' bodies and then they lay eggs in the bird. After that the bird, um, releases the trematodes, and some of those lucky parasites get dropped off into a pond. In the pond the eggs hatch and they look for a snail. Now, these snails are small enough to lay eggs in the snail's eye, so they do. They always lay them in the left eye for some reason. So, once they lay the eggs, they move around the body and go, mainly, to the stomach. The snail then feels like it's hungry so it eats. And eats, and eats, and eats, but never is satisfied, because all the food is going to the trematodes, and the snails stomach isn't even there anymore."

Danielle smiled; this is why I love biology.

"Eventually the snails get bored and go into the snail's antennae making them twitch. They turn the snails left eye bright colors. A bird flying overhead will see the colors and swoop down and eat the bird. You may wonder why the birds wouldn't evolve and learn not to eat the snails. But the parasites are harmless to the birds, just like a pleasant guest. Like the birds and the trematodes have an agreement. And, that's and overall view of a trematodes day."

The bell rang, but nobody stood up, because they knew Mrs. Palahniuk was going to talk.

"Tonight I want you to read the section, and answer the questions at the end of the section." Then everybody stood up to leave. Danielle went over to Mrs. Palahniuk's desk and gave her back the book. "Thank you Danielle."

Danielle smiled and nodded.

Out in the hall she ran into Sam again.

"Hey Danielle!"

Oh God, "Hey…Sam?"

"Yeah!" He had the biggest grin on his face that Danielle couldn't help but smile a little. "So, um, there's another party this weekend, and I was wondering if you wanted to go."

Fuck no. "Um…I don't think so…I got caught last time, and I can't risk it again."

"Oh...OK. Well, I'll come over instead. We have history together, we can study."

"Um…" well he is kinda cute. "Sure. So, Friday?"

"Well, I was thinking today, but…"

"Sure. Today's good."

Sam smiled, and gave Danielle a little was as he walked away.

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Danielle and Sam were studying—actually studying, not "studying"—when someone knocked on the door. Danielle jumped up to get it, not really expecting it to be anybody. When she opened the door she saw Brian Krakow standing there.

Danielle scowled, "What do you want?"

Brian shot her a light glare. "I came for the application."

Danielle thought for a moment. "Hmmm, I don't know if I want someone like you working for my mom."

Sam spoke up…kinda. "Um, is this a bad time for me to be here? Because I can leave if you want me to."

He was talking to Danielle but Brian answered. "Please do."

Sam was about to get his things, when Danielle shot a heavy glare at Brian, then her voice got soft, and sweet. "Oh, it's fine Sam, you can stay. He's just some neighbor looking for a job." She turned back to Brian glaring, "I'll go get it."

Brian looked uncomfortably at Sam for a second. "I'll come too."

Brian and Danielle made their way up to her Patty's room. When they got there Danielle started looking and Brian shut the door.

"Look," Brian said, "I don't think you should be hanging out with him."

Danielle sent Brian a weird look. "Sam? Whatever he's harmless."

"Oh really, how do you know him?"

Danielle smiled, "He's the one who invited me to the party."

"That's exactly my point! You shouldn't be going out with guys who throw parties like that."

"He had nothing to do with it, it was his older brother's friend."

"Well you shouldn't be dating a guy who invites under aged girls, to college parties."

"Oh, you'd rather have me date people old enough to get in to those parties? And besides, I'm not even dating him, I just suck in History."

"Whatever." Brian stopped glaring and had a serious look in his eyes. "I just don't think you should be hanging around people like him."

"OK. If you're going to freak-out over it, and spy on me, I guess I can limit it to 'study dates'"

Brian smiled signaling the laugh he couldn't let out.

Danielle didn't really smile back, but she didn't glare either. "I found the application." Brian and her walked back downstairs to find Sam with his head buried a little too deep in his History book signaling he was trying to listen to their conversation. Danielle led Brian out the door. "Good luck," she called out when Brian was halfway across the street.

Brian turned around and walked backwards, giving Danielle a little wave.

"Um, I gotta go. Bye Danielle." Sam packed up his stuff and was out the door in less that a minute. He had obviously heard at least some of the conversation.

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The next few days went by fast for Danielle. She was doing fine in school (most of the classes at least) and she got all her homework done easily. Then the weekend came and she was severely bored. Her teachers were all nice and gave out only a little bit of homework.

She tried watching TV but there was nothing on. She looked for video games that she played when she was young but they were all lame. She couldn't hang out with anyone, because she had no friends, especially since Sam had heard Brian and her talking. Then she thought about maybe going to Brian's house to see if he was doing anything. While she was walking over to Brian's house she felt kind of stupid. First she thought she liked him, and then she thought she hated him, and now…now she was just bored.

She rang the doorbell, and when Brian answered and saw it was her, he smiled big. That confused Danielle because as far as she knew, Brian didn't like her…at least not like, like her.

Haha, I'm mean leaving you with a cliffhanger, kind of. BUT I NEEDED TO FINISH THIS CHAPTER. Uh, just wait until my next chapter, it will be, like, 5 sentences long. Hehe, I hope not. Well, thanks for all of the reviews and stuff, otherwise I wouldn't be writing.