"I don't get the point of studying atoms. Seriously, who cares?" Chelsea whispered across the room of 216 to Dianne. "Stop talking, Ms. Mena," reprimanded Mrs. DeMaio. Theresa laughed and when the chemistry teacher turned to the black board, Chelsea stuck out her tongue. Alex rolled her eyes. She raised her hand to answer the next question. Mrs. DeMaio was just going to call on Alex when she was interrupted by a knock at the door. "Come in!" She called and motioned Alex to answer. The door opened slowly. "Hi. I'm here to pick up my sister, Theresa," smiled the Dominican man at the door. Theresa lifted her head. She looked up to see Carlos Pena at the door. CARLOS PENA. She rubbed her eyes. He was still there. "Uh-what?" Mrs. DeMaio said " Theresa, you're brother is here for you.." Theresa spoke, but no words came out. Carlos smiled and motioned her to the door. It was like he used some kind of magic because she actually got up, dumbfounded, and walked out the door. She didn't bother to look at her three friends still in the classroom. Alex, Dianne, and Chelsea all looked at each other, and proceeded to follow Theresa's steps in making sure it wasn't a dream. Alex rubbed her eyes, Dianne pinched herself, and Chelsea kicked her left leg with her right. Alex was just about to scream when another knock hit the door. "Yes! Come in." shouted Mrs. DeMaio. James appeared at the door with a smile. "I'm here for Alex." He pointed to Alex and her heart dropped. She slowly slid her books into her backpack, not keeping her eyes off James. Unlike Theresa, Alex looked back at Chelsea and Dianne, and walked out. Chelsea found herself sweating. She fanned herself like she was about to die. Another knock. "Are you kidding me? What?" Mrs. DeMaio screamed. "Chelsea please" smiled Kendall. Realizing what was going on, Chelsea jumped out from her desk, but stood awkwardly over her books that fell over. She gingerly picked them up and eyeballed Dianne like she was being kidnapped. The door shut. The class all turned around to Dianne, whose mouth was gaping. Mrs. DeMaio murmured something about how rude people are these days and turned to the blackboard. Where was Logan? Dianne thought. A few minuets passed. Logan didn't even bother knocking, he silently opened the door and motioned for Dianne. Dianne grabbed her stuff and walked to the front of the class room. "Where are you going, Dianne?" asked Mrs. DeMaio. Logan froze. "My uh-brother is here for me." Dianne made up a similar story. "Fine. Whatever. Get out!" and Dianne ran to Logan and slammed the door behind her.
Once the door closed, Logan jumped on Dianne and cupped her mouth with his hand. She quickly looked to see that Kendall had Chelsea, Carlos had Tee, and James had Alex in the same position with the girls mouths closed shut by their hands. "Don't scream." Kendall whispered. "Just come with us and we will explain everything." James whispered. Kendall began to remove his hand from Chelsea's mouth, but she screamed. He placed it back and she was muted again. "Shhh!" Logan yelled in a whisper. Chelsea nodded and when Kendall removed it again whispered "Sorry." They guys grabbed a girls wrists and quickly speed walked down the hall that they came from. At the corner, though, they were stopped by a woman that was build and whose hair was cut short like a drill sergeant. "What's going on here, Ladies?" She questioned the girls. Before any of the girls could speak a word, Carlos said "We're their brothers, here to pick them up for a family emergency." "What's the emergency?" strictly questioned the woman, known as Ms. Mann. "See, Theresa's and Carlos' great grandma, Lola, with dying of cancer and she only has 5 hours for us to say…say goodbye" sniffed Kendall. "Is this true?" Theresa nodded Yes as Carlos said "One Hundred Percent." "Alright, and where are YOU three going?" Ms. Mann directed to Chelsea, Alex, and Dianne. "We are all family friends. Very close" James sniffed. "We have a note." Logan handed her a piece of paper. Ms. Mann carefully read it and said "You are excused." All eight ran down the halls and stairs to the office window. "You have to sign them out" said Mrs. Ollie from her desk. "Okay" said Carlos and he did. The guys thanked her again and ran up the stairs and gently shoved the girls into the limo. It sped away