A/N: One, I finished my research papers! Hopefully that means more time for this story. Two, Lucy makes an appearance! It's not much, but it's something. Heh. And yes, it does start with James. Sort of. His storyline also carries on to the next chapter, too.


Camille tossed around in bed as her thoughts prevented her from sleeping. Her mind kept racing on about Jett's constant attempts to win back Jo, then it shifted to Stephanie's questioning by the faculty, and then moved over to James' news about Jennifer's pregnancy, and her memo to talk to Jennifer V. in the morning. Everything was happening all at once and while it didn't affect her directly, it still affected her friends who were practically her family. She gave up on sleeping and walked over to the desk to get her laptop. Surprisingly, one other person awake on her chat list.

Hey James.

He instantly replied, Hi… Couldn't sleep?

Nope, she answered, Thoughts were taking over me.

Hah, I know the feeling, James agreed.

How are you holding up? she then asked.

He responded, As ok as I can be. Jennifer said she was going to try to lay low and I sort of believe her. She said she would keep me update on her status on the… well, you know. I spoke to my mom and she's not happy, but appreciates that I'm taking responsibility for it.

I'm sorry…. I wish there was more I could do, Camille told him.

James instantly typed back, I'm glad you and the guys are by my side. You've done enough :) Logan is a lucky guy…

She rolled her eyes but smiled, Quit it.

I know you like him and he likes you. I don't know why you two are denying it, he continued.

She carefully thought of her reply, We're happy with where we are.

Yeah, just don't get in a mess like I did, James told her.

She lightly laughed to herself, We won't. If there's anything we can do to help, don't hesitate to ask.

I know, he typed, I guess I should get some rest. Thanks for talking to me. Goodnight.

Goodnight, Camille responded before shutting off her laptop. The talk seemed to do her some good and she found herself drifting off to sleep within a matter of minutes.


"Camille!"

The brunette turned around and saw Jennifer V. running up to catch up with her. Theatre was their next class and they leisurely walked towards their destination.

"Oh," Camille suddenly remembered, "I'm so sorry I never called you back. You said you needed to talk about something?"

The other girl nervously played with her ring, "Yeah, uh, you heard about Jennifer H.'s pregnancy, right?"

"Oh gosh, James is still shocked about the news," she replied.

Jennifer remained quiet, contemplating on her next words, "Listen, about that –"

"J.V.!"

They were stopped at their tracks by another girl with red streaks in her hair. She said a quick 'hello' to Camille before turning her attention to Jennifer.

"Hi Lucy," she said.

The red streaked girl handed her papers, "Thank you so much for letting me borrow your Calculus notes. I hate getting sick in the middle of the semester."

Jennifer smiled, "It's no problem. I'll see you in class tomorrow."

Lucy left and the two continued towards the theatre. Camille wasn't aware that Jennifer was taking Calculus and she was impressed. It's not that the Jennifers were stupid, but they were always caught up with boys and drama, it was always a mystery how they passed their classes. Much to her chagrin, Camille had to give the girls credit.

"So about the pregnancy," Jennifer spoke up.

She snapped out of her thoughts, "Oh yeah, what about it? Is Jennifer ok? Nothing has happened to the baby, right? I mean, I know we're not happy with her but we wouldn't want anything bad to happen to the baby –"

"Yes, Jennifer and the baby are fine," the taller girl interrupted, "Sorry."

"It's ok," Camille laughed, "What's the news, really?"

They were now up on stage as more students started to fill the area. Class was starting in about five minutes as everyone put away their things.

Jennifer sighed, "Um, I'll tell you later. It's kind of private."

"Are you sure?" the darker haired girl could sense the seriousness in her voice.

She nodded her head, her bangs blocking her eyes. She set down her stuff and looked for her partner, leaving Camille worried for the rest of the period.

Nate took a seat next to her, "Hey Camille, is everything ok?"

"Nate, hi," she took her eyes off of Jennifer to focus on him.

"Are you ok?" he asked again, his brown eyes showed genuine concern.

Camille nodded, "Yeah, sorry about that. Jennifer and I need to talk about something after class."

"Oh all right," Nate softly smiled, "That's a shame. I was going to see if you were free after class."

She gave him a 'sorry' look, "Maybe next time?"

He nodded and class was started. Ms. Edinburg had them form bigger groups and gave them assigned sections from a play. They were given twenty minutes to create something and present it to the other students. The assignment made time go by fast and the period was over.

Camille quickly walked over to Jennifer but she was too busy talking on the phone and ran out the theatre room. This worried Camille further, so she wrote herself a note to call Jennifer later. Nate walked up to her side.

"What happened to Jennifer?" he looked around.

She shrugged, "She left the room before a I had the chance to talk to her."

"So does that mean you might be free to grab a coffee or something?" Nate slowly asked.

Camille laughed, "I guess so."

The pair exited the theatre and walked out of the building. From a distance, Logan saw Camille walking to the coffee shop. He almost called out her name but he stopped himself when he saw that she was with another guy. She looked pretty cozy with him as she laughed at whatever he was saying. Logan couldn't help but feel a bit sad, and maybe a bit jealous, at their exchange. He gave them one last look before walking the opposite way.


A/N: Like I said, I think Lucy is only going to be a supporting character because I really don't know how else to add her in. Maybe she'll appear again but at this point, I'm not too sure. I also realized that I've been lacking on Kendall/Jo/Jett... I'll mess with them later. Hehe. Thanks for reading and please review? =)