Kitty-chan4: Hello everyone!! Thank you so much for the reviews! You all really love this story! It's my most popular one! Thank you! Thank you! So two rivals have come for Laura and Travis huh? Will they prevail? Let's find out!

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Jealousy rears its ugly head

The next day, everyone was in homeroom. Takoto watched Laura form afar enjoying watching her which was entertainment to him. Kanaia had hearts in her eyes when she was watching Travis. Kana watched Kanaia looking at Travis. "Little possessed freak." She mumbled. Ken was doing the same. "That freak thinks that he can do anything he wants to a girl. He's pure evil!" Then the bell rang. Luckily, everyone had the same gym period.

"Okay class, today you'll be swimming in the school Olympic pool. The swimsuits you all bought earlier this year are in your gym lockers. Please change now. You know the drill. Boys! No peeking at girls in their dressing room!" "Yes Mrs. Koiya!" everyone said. Laura got her swimsuit out of her locker and went to a stall to change. She came out her stall about five minutes later wearing a pink swimming cap to match with her pink bikini swimsuit. Then the whole class came out after she did. Takoto came up to her. "Nice swimsuit Laura. You look nice." He said. "Um...thanks. You look good too." She said unsurely. Then he left.

Kanaia went to Travis admiring him in his navy blue trunks. "Travis you look great!" she said all perky. "Um..you do too. I gotta go. Bye." "Bye." Then Travis went over to Laura. "Laura! You look excellent in your swimsuit! It really shoes you true personality!" "What's my personality to you?" she asked. "Smart, kind, caring and cute." Laura blushed. "Well Travis you look um..really boyish and sporty like when you play soccer and you look handsome yourself." Travis blushed as well. "Thanks." Kanaia and Takoto heard the whole thing. "That little wretch is trying to take MY Travis away from me! That won't happen!" "That guy thinks that he can win Laura with complements?!? Why didn't she do that when I complemented her?!?" he asked. "It would be nice if we had a plan!" Kanaia said. "Kanaia I have a plan! Now listen closely! First......then you'll....then I'll...then you'll... then we'll.... Got it?" "Got it!"

"Alright everyone! Into the pool!" Everyone literally dived into the pool. Laura was float in the 8½ ft. pool until something grabbed her legs and arms! 'Oh no! I can't move my arms or legs!' Then she sank under. The same thing happened to the rest of the gang. No one noticed that they went under since the P.E. class had a large class. "That got them. Tying them up was a piece of cake!" Takoto said. "But what about Travis and Laura?" "Don't worry. The ropes weren't THAT tight when I tied him up." He said.

Laura was trying desperately to untie the ropes on her. They were on really tight. 'If I don't get untied in the next two minutes, I'll lose oxygen! Someone help me!' Travis tried to untie his as well. He tried to tear them with his strength, but that didn't work. Then tried wiggling and that didn't work either. Then he looked to the pool wall. It had a filter sucking in water. It had a sharp point on it. Then he got an idea. 'I can use the sharp end on the filter to cut the rope!' He started to push himself over to the filter. He lifted his hands to the filter point and cut the rope that was on his arms. Then he untied the bottom rope. 'Freedom!' He looked around and saw Laura. It looked like she fainted.

'Laura!' he quickly swam over to her. He untied her ropes, grabbed her and swam to the surface. When he got to the surface, he gasped for air. Then he looked at Laura. "Laura! Laura wake up!" "Are you guys ok?!?" June and the others asked swimming over to them. "I'm okay but Laura isn't! We were tied up and sank to the bottom of the pool. I cut the rope at the filter and went to Laura and she looked like she fainted. I can't wake her up!" he explained. "You guys too? We met the same thing." Davis said. "How are we going to wake up Laura?" Travis asked. "Travis try to pressure the air water out of her! You can do it!" Ken said. "Yeah man. You can do it! It's all up to you!" Kyle said.

"Ok!" He put Laura in front of him and put pressure on her stomach, but not enough to hurt her. After a few tries, Travis heard some moaning. "Laura?" Her eyes slowly opened and her sight was blurry. Travis came into her view. "Travis?" "Laura! You're alright!" He hugged her gently. Laura blushed and everyone cheered. "Laura! You're ok!" They all said. Kanaia and Takoto saw the event. "Nice job Takoto! Your plan sucked!" "Shut up Kanaia!" he said. The rest of the day passed with no trouble. Laura walked outside of the school. "Hey Laura." Laura turned around to find Travis. "Hey Travis. What's up?" "I wanted to know if I can walk you home if it's alright with you." "Sure!"

They walked to Laura's house in fifteen minutes. "Thanks Travis." "No problem Laura. See ya." "See ya." Then Laura went into the house and up to her room. "Hey Hamtaro." 'Hey Laura! How was school?' "I almost died at school because someone or something tied me up and I sunk to the bottom of the pool and fainted." She said. 'Oh no! What happened?!? If I was there, I wouldn't be able to get out! Ham-hams can't swim!' Hamtaro thought. Then he curled up in a ball. "Hamtaro!" She took him out of his cage. "Hamtaro don't worry! I'm ok now." She rubbed his golden fur to make him come out from being a little fur ball. 'Are you sure Laura? I'm going to have a meeting at the Ham-ham club house!'

Then Laura put him back in his cage and gave him a sunflower seed. "Now to do my homework. I have a ton to do." She looked in her backpack and took out her math, science, and social studies homework. Then she started to work on her homework for the next two hours.

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A boy laid on his bed looking at the ceiling. He was in deep thought. 'Do I have feelings for Laura?' he thought. Pictures of Laura flashed through his mind. He saw her laughing, smiling and being happy. "I told her that she was pretty and nice to be with and she said the same thing. I'm confused!" he said.

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In the same dark room...

"My plan sank to the bottom of the sea! I almost ended up killing her and Travis keeps on getting in the way! My friend will get him away from Laura!"

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In the same pink room with teddy bears and stuffed animals...

"That stupid plan made Travis like Laura even more than he did before! I'm never going with one of his plans unless it's foolproof!" she said.

Kitty-chan4: Does Travis actually have feelings for Laura? Will Kanaia and Takoto have a new plan or just give up? Review and find out in the next chapter!