As they stood to walk to the cafeteria Chyna smiled up at her boyfriend. It seemed like just yesterday when she had bumped into him, and now she was dating him. The giddy part of her wanted to go screaming around the school again but she could not embarrass herself or Travis like that. She would save the screaming and girly giggles for later when she was with Olive. She could see herself then recanting every little detail, not the same way that Olive would, but in the way a girl normally did with her best friend so that they could both analyze what it all meant. It was exactly what girls her age did, which made the fact that Cameron did it with his friends even more weird.

Everything seemed to be going well and they were still holding hands and Chyna was over the moon when, but then the happiness bubble was burst when she saw Lexi and Paisley come into view. Lexi wasn't usually threatening on a normal day, because she mostly ignored Chyna. But other days she was one of two things. She was either overly nice, meaning she was trying to manipulate you, or overly cruel. Chyna had a feeling that Lexi was going to be the second one that day. She had the wicked smile she normally wore all over her face.

"Oh Travis it's so nice of you to babysit Chyna for Cameron. I just hope she's potty trained." Lexi said with a sickly sweet smile on her face. At first she had decided to let Chyna and Travis get close before ripping them apart. It was more fun that way, more of a challenge, though Lexi had found it hard to watch them laugh from across the cafeteria . She would never admit it but she was jealous of Chyna. The ANT program was an amazing advantage, and Chyna was talented. But Lexi had to be the one everyone loved, the center of attention, so she had to destroy Chyna's appeal. And nothing made a girl more appealing than a hot boyfriend. Her position of power would not be the next thing Lexi lost to Chyna, she would never let that happen.

"Actually Lexi I'd like you to meet my new girlfriend, Chyna." Travis said confidently, even though he knew full well that Lexi and Chyna had met. He wanted to indicate Chyna's position in his life so that no one would undermine it.

"Oh that's so cute, are you guys scheduled for a play date later with your mwommies?" Lexi teased in her baby voice. She wanted to really needle them but she really wasn't trying to press them too much, she still needed to formulate a plan. She hadn't expected Travis to actually make Chyna his girlfriend. So instead she would leave it at that. "Come on Paisley, let's leave these two alone, they have an exciting date with some playdoh waiting for them."

"I want to play with playdoh, can I join you?" Paisley said as she stood next to Lexi with a bright smile on her face.

"Come on Paisley!" Lexi said in her huffy voice. She grabbed her friend's arm wondering exactly why they were friends.

"I have to go, but next time I'm in for sure." Paisley said before turning to follow Lexi.

"God, I can't believe I used to date her." Travis said shaking his head as he watched her leave.

"You used to date Paisley, she's not bad but just a lot a bit stupid." Chyna said trying to be nice about it, everyone knew Paisley wasn't known for her brains.

"No I used to date Lexi, back in middle school, before she turned into a real pain. Now I can't see what I saw in her."

"You used to date Lexi!" Chyna couldn't comprehend that her boyfriend was with Lexi, and now with her. Lexi was beautiful, mostly popular, and the top bee at the school, and every one knows that people like bees better than ANTs.

"Yeah no big deal, it's over, now let's go eat with your friends." Travis said shrugging and then leading her to the cafeteria door. They spotted Olive and Fletcher easily and after getting their lunch Travis led the way to the table. He seemed so confident that Chyna had to smile, her boyfriend walked like he was the happiest boy in the world, that confidence was contagious, making Chyna push all thoughts of Lexi out of her head. Sitting down she smiled at her friends who seemed shocked that they were sitting with them.

"Hi, you guys are Fletcher and Olive right?" Travis said not seeming the least bit nervous.

"Yeah, you're uh Travis right?" Fletcher said nervously not knowing what to say to the guy who had been stealing the affections of his Chyna.

"Yeah that's right. Have you met my girlfriend Chyna?" Travis said with a broad smile on his face. He made eye contact with Chyna and soon her smile matched his own.

"Girlfriend!" Both Olive and Fletcher exclaimed at the same time alerting the entire cafeteria to their table. They exchanged looks as well, as Fletcher's face fell and Olive felt bad for her friend. She had no clue that Travis and Chyna were actually going to start dating. Which was unusual for her since she was so smart, she normally could predict things like relationship outcomes pretty well. She knew now she would have to help Fletcher cope with the news, or be roped into a scheme to break Chyna and Travis up. She hoped it was the former because the latter would cause her to have conflicting loyalties.


Fletcher was crestfallen as he prepared to leave for the day. He had been so depressed with the news of Travis and Chyna becoming official that he had only painted with black all day. It was the way he truly felt inside. He was now singing to himself a song his dad had sung often when his mother was traveling.

"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone…" He sang when he was suddenly slammed against the door of the ANT room. It was Angus with an angry look on his face. Fletcher was confused and frightened at the same time. This day couldn't get any worst.

"Why are you spending so much time with my Olive hmm. So freshmen gets Chyna and you think you can just move on to my Olive, I don't think so. You were like a brother to me! The kind you don't tell your friends about, but a brother all the same. I trusted you, I poured out my sorrows to you, and this is how you repay me? When I'm done with you you'll be so sorry. I'll give your great great grand children bad credit, do you hear me? You're done, you back stabber." Angus said in a flurry of words.

Fletcher stared at the enraged face and part of him wanted to laugh the other part wanted to pee his pants. Angus looked dead serious, and he could make things very bad for him if he chose to do so. He had to know that he didn't see Olive that way right? Taking a moment to breathe Fletcher shrugged out of Angus' hold.

"Angus you know me better than that. My heart is only Chyna's whether she wants it or not. Olive is only helping me try to figure out how to win Chyna. I would never betray you, Olive is yours and I will never ever lay a finger on her."

Angus changed suddenly going back to his normal jolly demeanor, with a bright smile on his face. "Well if that's all I'm glad to help to, especially if I can spend time with Olive, what do you need?"

Fletcher thought about it for a moment and decided that being in cahoots with Angus would be good. If he could destroy Fletcher, just imagine what he could do to Travis. With that a grin came on his face for the first time since lunch. "Tell me what you know about Travis…"


Note: I know this one took FOREVER. But I have serious writer's block. Update as soon as I can. Please give me some Muse Juice (reviews)