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Chapter 8: Ian's Plan- Phase 1

Ian internally grinned at the thought of what would happen next. He and Karen had formulated a plan to get Ian the girl of his dreams, and Karen the... boy in school. All he had to do was get the ball rolling.

Ian glanced over at Karen and flashed her a thumbs-up sign. She grinned and nodded. Then she leaned over to Laiken and whispered something in her ear. Laiken turned around and gasped, "Really? I thought.."

"You must never tell a single soul!" Karen said. Not likely, as Laiken was the most gossipy girl in school. But she nodded, frantically.

"I won't….." she said and turned back towards the front.

Karen turned to Ian and mouthed, Mission accomplished.

By the next day, the rumors were all over the school: Evan Tolliver was dating Kymbria Vasquez, at the same time as Amy Cahill.

"I'm not! I don't even know who Kymbria Vasquez is!" Evan exclaimed when he was confronted about these rumors.

And that was because Kymbria Vasquez was fake. This was the evil, diabolical part of the plan that Ian had added, so that no one could trace the rumor back to Karen and himself. Now there was left to do was lean back and watch high school do the rest.

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Meanwhile, in an empty classroom, Amy was confronting Evan.

"Who's this Kymbria girl? Why are you dating her? I thought you liked me!"

"Calm down, Amy, this is some twisted plan to break us apart! There is no girl in this school named Kymbria!"

"She could be from another school. This isn't the only school in Boston."

"I don't think so. If I was dating her, I would have her number. Here, check my contacts. Is there a Kymbria anywhere in there?" Saying this, he handed her his phone.

"Let me see that." She took the phone and scrolled through his contacts. Sure enough, no Kymbria.

"Well, I guess not. I wonder who started that rumor though."

"I bet it was that Kabra kid. He was looking a little shifty at that party of your cousin's. "

"No, Ian's not that bad. He does some pretty mean stuff but I don't think he would stoop that low."

"Well, let's just forget about this, 'kay?"

"OK." Then, they leaned in and kissed.

Watching through the window was Karen and Ian. They both felt like hitting walls, Ian more so than Karen. "What do we do now!?" asked Ian when they were out of earshot of the couple.

"I don't know but I'll think of something. Text you later, I have to go do something."

"Okay, I'll try to think of something too. Catch you later."

A/N: This be the end of another chapter in this weird story… What will be Ian and Karen's new plan? Find out next time on A New Twist of an Old Story.