Hey everybody. Sorry, this update had to be a 'little' late... we went on holiday to France for 4 weeks despite the fact that my parents CANNOT speak French. How they got the idea to go to France in the first place is beyond me. Because of that, we just stayed in the hotel watching TV and ordered room service all time. Not the best way to spend Christmas. Plus, I missed a lot of school, Eastenders and FanFiction. I think I have a lot of catching up to do...

Big cliffy meanie1: Thank you! I'm glad you liked it when Mikey said that – I think I felt inspired to write that bit whilst watching the Recess episode where Mikey was obsessed with Bonkey/Bonky. I still love that episode. I have a little sister (who's seven) and she acts that exact same way – except with this TV show she likes called Fireman Sam. It gets my head in. Anyways, I don't know what's been going on Walford – I've got 4 weeks' worth of episodes to catch up on! I also haven't had access to the internet until yesterday so I think must've missed around 10 chapters in the Recess fandom. Wow!

Omgpear: Tell me about it! Do you think he will get over it though – that is the real question! Or is he just being a bit stubborn? Writing about Gus is kind of funny because you're never quite sure what to make of him – is he a jerk? Or is he just driven by the idea of popularity?

YouMeAtSixGirl: Thanks Amira is just plain annoying now; she needs to learn to move on. I missed so much Eastenders whilst I was away though. Apparently Pat left and Yusef died (thank the Lord). Why is Derek on the show? I don't really get why he's there...? I really need to catch up – I think I'm going to spend most my weekend doing just that. Lol. Gus is acting like a jerk to Spinelli... do you think he actually realises what Ashley A is doing or is he just doing everything to make out with a girl? If he does realise though, do you think he'll come back to his friends? And will they let him?

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Recess. I am using the amazing characters for a non-profit use. Only entertainment. No profit. :P

Ashley A

As soon as Gus and I walked outside the school gates, I automatically burst out laughing. I controlled my laughter for a while and turned to Gus.

"Like... Oh, my, God! Did you like, see their faces? Like, how pathetic!" I snickered.

"Yeah... pathetic," Gus agreed, somewhat half-heartedly.

"What the heck is like, wrong with you? We just like, totally made her jealous!" I pointed out.

"Well, yeah... I know. But-"

"But what Gus?" I demanded. After all, he's like, definitely not backing out of this now!

"Is this right?"

"Like, what the hell are you talking about?"

"Well... this. What we're doing? Is it right?" Honestly, like trust Gus to be all worried about something at like, the totally wrong time!

"I knew it! You like, agree with me and then like, after a while, you become you again and chicken out!"

"Who said anything about chickening out?" He defended himself.

"Umm, like, you did. Just now," I retaliated.

"No, no I didn't."

"Like, yes you did."

"No I didn't."

"YES, you did."

"Alright, alright! What we're doing is right. Making Spinelli jealous is right, OK? Just keep your hair on!" Gus surrendered. I knew he couldn't keep up with my amazing will power.

"Good boy," I said, smiling. After all, I do love like, getting my own way. "Now come on, we have to get going if we actually like, want to make it to the party at Lawson's."

He still stood there like a lump. If I can persuade my Daddy to like, take me to Paris during the middle of the school year, then I can like, totally get the likes of Gus Griswald to come with me to a dumb party.

"You know Gus, if you come with me, you might like, get some lip action with me," I said, even though I was like, totally repulsed by the idea of kissing Gus Griswald. It seems to have worked though as he held my hand and like, let me lead him to Lawson's party.

Have I mentioned that I like, love getting my way?

TJ's POV:

"C-C-Come on guys, I'm f-f-f-freezing out here!" Gretchen chattered for the fifth time now. I ignored her though, and continued to glare at Spinelli – I was not leaving to go and get changed until she told me exactly what was going on.

"Yeah, come on man. I h-hate to say it, but I have to agree with Gretch on that one. C-Can we just all go back to your place, forget about this, order p-pizza and watch a movie?" Vince interjected. I chose to ignore him too. I. Am. Not. Going. Anywhere.

"Yeah," Agreed Mikey. "You know w-what; we can even have extra slices each now that G-Gus has gone off with Ashley A."

Spinelli smiled but it was gone as soon as it came. "Yeah, Teej. It's n-nothing really anyway. Gus was just being Gus," Spinelli tried to negotiate. I stood there; contemplating what she'd said... should I go on about it? Or should I just leave it and confront her about it later?

"Fine," I reluctantly gave in. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Spinelli breathe a sigh of relief. I was NOT going to let this go anytime soon, maybe when Spinelli and I are walking to school. Yeah, that's a good idea.

"Good. Can we go back to your place man, it's freezing out here," Vince agreed.

"Can we order pizza? With extra cheese all melt-y and nice and just the way everyone likes it?" Mikey asked.

"Sure," I said, grinning. "Just let me get changed first."

I walked to the locker room first, quickly got changed and stuffed my kit inside my gym bag. With that, I walked out and the gang and I walked back to the guys. Not much after, we walked back to my place, pizza already on my mind. But why was there this really uneasy feeling when I think of Ashley A and Gus?

Ashley A and Gus? I must be going mental... Really mental.