michaela. milhauser - WOW is a good word for it - that chapter was a bit intimate at times and Logan was really sweet. Team Logan? Well I'm glad that you see him as boyfriend material. teamkendall - judging by the name I'm guessing you're rooting for Carlos? ;);) Great to see another Team Kendall. And ugh I know, what the hell is up with her ex? Ah well, make sure to keep reading! BigTimeHannah - Two days? Wow, I'm impressed. Yeah, I deemed it surprise worthy. Yes Logan should definitely tell the guys to call it off but will he? You'll have to wait to find out!

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"You go on, Ally," Jess said looking up at the school building. "I just want to take a walk past the gym."

The school grounds were crowded due to the ever expanding school throng. Everyone was turning up because classes started in ten minutes. Ally burst out laughing. Jess was tiny, not barely over five foot, and she would surely get lost in the crowd. "Yeah right," she said, "I can see the headlines now. Have you seen this girl? Blonde. Small..."

"I prefer the phrase petite," Jess interrupted.

"Sorry, right. Petite – last sighted at Minnesota High being dragged off by an angry group of hormonal teenagers." Jess and Ally were standing shivering outside the entrance to their school on that Tuesday morning. Ally had finally been accepted to go to Jess' school and they were both ecstatic about it! The news had completely taken Jess' mind off of the upcoming anniversary of her dad's death even though she had only spoken to Logan the previous night.

"Hey, I'm a strong and independent girl! I can look after myself." Jess defended.

"Yeah," Ally replied, pushing stray dark hairs back behind her ears. "Right. Just don't be late, okay? You still need to help me find my way around this place. I'm not good with school and book stuff and I'll need to copy all of your notes too."

Ally had recently gone through a phase when she was in England and she was all worried about people thinking she was shallow. Then she started going out with this boy and she got paranoid that he might not think she was very bright. But Jess could see that Ally was clearly really clever, she just wasn't into reading much. She was the original good-time girl. Good times to her being boys, clothes, and well... more boys. That morning though, as they were getting ready for school, Ally declared that she was going to learn about everything. Jess thought she was fine just the way she was but if that was what it took to make Ally happy she was just going to go along with it.

Jess looked around herself at her school. The kids at school were all separated into cliques and she didn't know where to walk to. She waved goodbye to Ally and watched her walk inside. Jess then wandered mindlessly through the swarming school grounds.

Minnesota High was buzzing with chatter. The grounds were filled with stuck-up jerks, giggling girls and boisterous boys. The noise was overwhelming and Jess found it unnerving. She turned the corner to see the field was empty. It seemed to stretch on for miles and it looked so perfect and still. Jess sat down on the bleachers overlooking the grass and she really began to appreciate the beauty and the peace.

"What's 'sup little J?" a voice shouted behind her.

Spinning around, Jess saw that the guys were coming up to sit with her and James had just called out to her. "Hey guys," she replied, "Nothing much, I'm just thinking."

Both Logan and Jess shared a small look before smiling weakly at each other. Kendall picked up on this and asked, "Is there something going on here?"

The pair snapped out of their daze and Jess mumbled, "Logan came over last night to chat."

"That's so romantic." Carlos cooed sarcastically.

"Nah. I just fancied some company and Logan seemed to be perfect at the time." Jess grinned sheepishly.

Logan's spirits sank. Perfect at the time? He thought he meant more than that to Jess. He thought that maybe he was finally breaking down some barriers. He was knocking down the walls on a journey to Jess' heart and he thought he was actually taking the right approach to get there. What had happened to change her mind? They had actually talked that night and Logan had felt more comfortable around Jess than any other girl he knew.

How could she say that? Then again, there was that one thing that Jess had said last night that bugged him; one phrase just kept running through his mind. 'I actually like this one guy' she'd said. Of course she liked one of the other guys! What with their advances on her she was bound to fall for one of them. Was it James with his suave ways or Carlos with his goofy grin? Or was it Kendall with his romantic gestures?

The bell rang and interrupted Logan's thoughts. The guys and Jess all trudged off to class without thinking or speaking about what happened the night before.

Waiting for Jess to return was like waiting for exam results for Ally and a very loooong ten minutes later, she arrived with the guys in tow. They strolled into class together and smiled when they saw her. "Ally, you got accepted to the school?" James asked.

"Yeah, pleased to see me?" Ally replied sarcastically with an eyebrow raised.

"Hmm, let me think about that." James retorted and the pair laughed. Carlos watched as they then started chatting to each other mindlessly as if they were old friends. He couldn't help but wonder whether James no longer liked Jess and he had actually developed a crush on Ally. Was it possible?

Carlos turned back around to see that Logan and Jess were deep in conversation too. They seemed to have become closer somehow and Carlos wondered whether it had something to do with Logan's visit to her house last night. Had he kissed her?

"Okay," Miss Waring said as she entered the room, "Settle down and take your seats please."

Immediately, Jess sat down at the back of the class and the boys simultaneously tried to sit down next to her. After a bit of pushing and shoving Carlos managed to push the others away. James shrugged and sat down next to Ally and Logan and Kendall ended up with one another. They looked pretty pissed that they didn't get to sit next to Jess but they were used to sitting next to each other so they went with it anyway.

Carlos leaned across and whispered into Jess' ear. "I wonder what weird project Wacko Waring has lined up for us today."

Wacko Waring – that's what the guys called her. Their Personal, Social and Health Education teacher, that is. She was an okay teacher on the whole; she made you think about stuff. Miss Waring was a bit odd looking. Make that very odd looking. She looked like she'd put her finger in an electric socket. Her expression was always startled, like a cartoon character that had seen something shocking and their eyes had popped out. She was as thin as a wire and had frizzy grey hair that coiled out at all angles. But then, that was only a description. Carlos was never one to be shallow about looks.

As Miss Waring perched on the corner of her desk and hitched her skirt up, everyone received an eyeful of her pale legs above her knee-high stockings. She had skin like cling-film – transparent. You could see all the veins underneath it and it was enough to bring your breakfast back up. Carlos watched as James stifled a laugh.

"Now," Wacko Waring began, "There are a few things I want you to think about this lesson. Today's lesson subject: careers."

Jess inwardly groaned. She'd been dreading this. See, she didn't have a clue. Aside from dance, there wasn't really anything she was good at and it had been bugging her for a while that maybe she'd never find herself a good career.

"I know it's a lot to think about," Miss Waring continued, "I don't want any of you to feel pressurized You've still got plenty of time, that's why I want you all to think about it now so that it doesn't come as a big rush later on in life."

Too late, Jess though, I'm already in major panic mode.

"I want you to think about your goals. Your future, what are your ambitions? What do you want to be when you're older? Has anyone got any ideas?"

James shot his hand into the air. He was bursting to tell everyone his big ambition. When Miss Waring pointed to him he proudly announced, "Rich and famous."

Everyone laughed. Miss Waring then pointed to another member of the class, one of the stuck-up cheerleaders. She told the class that she wanted to be a lifeguard.

"Lifeguard, well, that's an original one. And why do you want to be a lifeguard?"

"So I can give all the boys the kiss of life, miss."

Some girls have no self-respect. "Very funny," Miss Waring said, "Those of you who know what you want to do are lucky – like James, who knows exactly what he wants – but in life you don't always end up doing the things you planned. I wanted to be a musician when I was your age and here I am teaching a bunch of adolescents about their futures."

Hmm, though Jess, even more the reason why dance would get me nowhere.

"Now, you don't have to decide today, but it does help to have some ideas of what direction you might like to go in once you leave high school. For those of you that don't know, we'll have a look over the next few weeks. In fact, a good starting point is to look at who you are now. What are your strengths and weaknesses? What are your hobbies? The seeds of today are the fruits of tomorrow."

Wacko Waring then encouraged everyone to write notes and ideas about who they are and who they might want to be in ten years time. Jess looked around to see everyone else scribbling madly. She knew what Ally would be writing. She wanted to be an actress; she had done since she was nine. She'd performed in a couple of school plays and she took a couple of classes when she was eleven. Then, when she went to England, she attended a performing arts school in London.

Jess stared blankly at the paper in front of her. What makes me 'me'? She asked herself.

Carlos looked across from his own work to see Jess furrowing her eyebrows together with her eyes closed. "Hey Jess," he whispered, "Don't you know what you want to do?"

"No," Jess replied quietly, "I'm too small to be a dancer and that's the only thing I want to do in life. God, it's so frustrating." She then paused to ask, "What have you decided to be?"

"Ha, that's easy. I'm going to be the world's best food critic. And it's going to work too because I love food full stop!" Carlos told her.

Jess smiled, "Carlos you'd be perfect at that."

"Collins, Garcia, quieten down please." Wacko Wearing told them from the front of the classroom.

"Sorry Miss Waring," Carlos mumbled before continuing the conversation, "Why can't you be a dancer? I'm short and I've still got ambitions."

"Yes, but you're still taller than me Carlos, remember that." Jess replied.

"So," Carlos began, changing the subject, "What did you and Logan talk about last night?"

"Oh," Jess gasped, taken by surprise at the boldness behind his question, "Just some stuff. I was lonely so I just invited him over." She tried her best to play it cool but she could feel her cheeks flushing. She hoped it didn't show on her face. She had a really bad habit of blushing at the most inappropriate times. When she was seven and someone was all "Oh you fancy _" she would blush insanely even if she didn't. It was something that she never managed to gain control over and she prayed to god that perhaps she hadn't gone fifty shades of red.

"You're blushing," Carlos told her bluntly.

Damn it, she thought.

"Did he kiss you?"

"No, he –"

Did he WHAT? Jess panicked at the sound of it – Logan kissing Jess. Logan liked her? What? No, he couldn't possibly... He was like her best friend out of all the guys and that would just be awkward. Logan was like the best guy-friend she'd ever had and she felt more connected to him than the other guys. He was her shoulder to cry on and he was a real sweetheart but he was also trés cool. They were really good friends weren't they?

But what if Logan did like her? What would that do to their friendship? They'd only known each other for a little under a month but their friendship was strong and Jess didn't want to jeopardize that.

"Jess? Earth to Jess, can you hear me?" Carlos interrupted her thoughts, waving his hand manically in front of her face.

"Wha-er-wha-what?" Jess mumbled, snapping out of her feelings.

"I said, 'did Logan kiss you?'" Carlos asked.

"Oh, no, of course he didn't. Why would he do that?" Jess asked back with one eyebrow raised.

Carlos suddenly realized his mistake: of course Logan hadn't kissed her! He was too weird to forward about something like that. He wasn't like any of the others. He liked to build up a relationship instead of taking what he wanted. Why was Carlos so stupid? Now Jess was going to realize something was up and she'd catch on their game!

"No reason!" Carlos shouted.

"Carlos Garcia, keep your voice down in my classroom!"

And that, my friends, was chapter 10! Please keep the reviews coming in because they make my day and it's great to hear some feedback! Until next time... mwah